News / Eurotunnel eyes a boost to unaccompanied freight services

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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight wants to expand its unaccompanied freight business to link inland UK destinations with Europe.

Christian Dufermont, freight commercial director, told The Loadstar the unaccompanied business had accelerated at pace since its launch last September, but significantly since March.

“We have handled 1,000 trucks in the two months following March, about 500 unaccompanied trailers a month, and we expect to double that by the end of the year,” he said.

Unaccompanied freight has seen a renaissance since Brexit, with a shortage ...