Anybody having lingering doubts about EU hauliers/drivers staying away and trade dropping off a cliff/shortages (unless UK finds needed infrastructure, modern fully interfaced IT, 5000 customs officers, 50,000 *experienced* customs agents in next couple of weeks 😳? ) Read on....
Truckers heading to the port of Dover once post-Brexit volumes recover could find themselves stuck for up to *20 days* in 70,000-long truck queue ( according to new modelling undertaken by Simul8.
It says if truck check-in times increase to 20 minutes at Dover,
It says if truck check-in times increase to 20 minutes at Dover,
which would put it in line with *non-EU member* (i.e.Belarussia) customs policy, a queue of 70,594 vehicles – equivalent to around *20 days’ delay* – could form. This would represent the port being at some 500% overcapacity
.theloadstar.com/digital-simula…
.theloadstar.com/digital-simula…
P.s. I needed to read that again....7,000 trucks nose to tail is approx 80 miles long....so 70,000 trucks would be 800 miles....this needs more investigation 😬
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