News / Ferry operators ramp up capacity ahead of 2022 customs changes

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DFDS has made an agreement with fellow ferry operator CldN to ramp-up channel ferry capacity in anticipation of January’s new UK customs regime.

The new system is expected to have some deleterious outcomes for British consumers and businesses, The Loadstar has previously reported, with customs brokers anticipating long queues and logjams until the crisis is alleviated with the hiring of drastically greater numbers of officials.

The new checks – to be followed in July for food items – will pile further workload ...