Thread by @vivamjm

Read it and weep...absorb what it says on the length of time cargo backrd up..then try to imagine UK does not have the capacity by 50,000 staff/IT & space/infrastructure
AND a "Light Touch" Smugglers charter no customs declarations NOR SPS measures

The Australia Experience 2005

“What’s happening in the UK reflects this, with insufficient time for testing and training and, if the parallels continue, you’ll end up with cargo backed up on wharves for months.”
The Gov picked “probably the worst possible time… right in the peak season” to make the switch,

resulting in hundreds of thousands of sea and air freight consignments stranded when ICS crashed, Mr Zalai said.
“The roll-out was disastrous for Australian trade. The government brought me in to advise on how to get cargo moving again,” he said. “I think the true

cost will never be known; the claims process was so complex that, by then, many just wanted their cargo and to move on.”The source said that, for the UK, the likely post-Brexit scenario could be “far worse”, as the new customs procedures would be for both imports and exports,

and involve traders who for decades have had the luxury of open borders. A lot would depend on how operators reacted between now and the year-end *and how government supported industry* he added.
Mr Zalai said: “The key things to consider are how complex the reporting system

will be and how much matching is required between disparate partners in the supply chain, and how flexible the customs and bio-security agencies are prepared to be.
“And customs is one thing, bio-security is a whole other factor, with the aim of these two agencies to

not only secure revenue, but to ensure no pests or diseases are brought into the country.”
Whole Report here
theloadstar.com/uk-should-lear…

..& still the UK blindly blunders on in blissful ignorance led by the worst possible dolts, donkeys & crooks who clearly do not (want to) see what I've had nightmares about for 4 years from 3 decades of coalface experience.
And I don't even live there (I shouldn't care but I do)