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UK and international logistics representatives have called on governments for urgent injections of cash into sector businesses, as the sudden decline in normal volumes is pushing many to the brink of bankruptcy.

“The container haulage business is shagged,” one owner told The Loadstar recently. “It was in trouble before coronavirus.”

According to figures compiled by UK Finance, just 2,022 loans have been granted to small and medium-sized firms in the UK under the government’s coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS), despite almost ...