News / Port of Rotterdam plans post-Brexit customs trial to discover bottlenecks

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By Janny Kok in Rotterdam

27/06/2018

Fearful of losing its status as a key trading port for the UK post-Brexit, the Dutch gateway of Rotterdam is planning trials on UK shipments this year to discover possible choke points after the UK leaves the EU at the end of March next year.

Port of Rotterdam Authority chief executive Allard Castelein told delegates at last week’s Countdown to Brexit; Are We Ready for it? conference in Rotterdam, it classified Brexit risks in much the same way as it approached the possibility ...

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