More than 25% of trucks leaving the UK for EU are empty as exports dive

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More than a quarter of the trucks crossing into the EU from the UK are travelling empty, as Brexit eats into UK export figures.

Data from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) shows empty lorries leaving the UK accounted for 26% of all truck movements into the EU, with total loaded haulage exports down 47% last month, compared with last year.

A spokesperson for the port of Portsmouth told The Loadstar empty EU-bound containers were making up a larger share of its post-Brexit activity.

And press ...