News / Covid border restrictions putting the brakes on pan-European road freight

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New border restrictions being introduced across European states have the potential to bring road freight to a standstill. 

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) this morning warned that new border measures recently imposed by Germany at its crossings with the Czech Republic and the Austrian province of Tyrol, to curtail the spread of Covid-19 mutations, could lead to congestion similar to that seen at Dover shortly before Christmas. 

While these borders remain open to freight traffic, under the new measures, truck drivers have to present a negative Covid test, effectively closing the ’Green Lanes’ concept introduced ...