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UK importers are facing “numerous challenges” these days. They include port delays, vessels diversions, a shortage of haulage availability and limited slots at ports to collect containers.

Forwarders have reported significant issues with the UK’s inland container transport, which were exacerbated by last week’s bank holiday.

The lack of haulage capacity is one of the biggest problems: a number of EU drivers are not working, either because of holidays or quarantine requirements, and the overall pool of drivers has been reduced by ...

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