News / European road feeders gorge on Asian import and export traffic

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Congestion at Schiphol and Frankfurt airports has led to surging demand across Europe for road feeder services, amid fluctuating import and export volumes.

Haulier Wallenborn experienced a 10% uptick in Q1 volumes, compared with Q1 21, with that figure more than doubled to 23% when measured against the level of work it was doing just before the onset of the pandemic, in 2020.

Commercial director Jason Breakwell said the surging demand was not unique to Wallenborn, with spikes seen “across the board”.

He ...