You can't...but again I forecast this so very long ago. You have driver accompanied RoRo (roll on roll off ..the ferries) loads from consignor to consignee. Quickest and most most efficient.
Critical for time sensitive/perishables.
But also LoLo (lift on lift off..the ferries)
Critical for time sensitive/perishables.
But also LoLo (lift on lift off..the ferries)
https://twitter.com/MarkHazard2020/status/1373954250095616000
Trailers are not actually lifted on/off but *shunted* on/off with 'shunts' @MarkHazard2020..that is trailer is dropped one side by the driver and picked up the other side of the crossing by another driver. You need lots of holding space for dropped trailers & shunts/shunt drivers
It's not as quick or as efficient on ferry loading as driver accompanied RoRO..Dover & Holyhead very much strict RoRo ports with no space here for even RoRo life outside the SM&CU (hence the need for ICDs not built with need to push back full import esp SPS controls even further)
UK has LoLo ports of course (Harwich & Humberside ports) but as I've said media always looking in the wrong place at the wrong time. These ports have been overstretched since Jan with ferries turned away owing to no space to discharge trailers as clearances unable to keep pace
UK has a lack of total capacity (infrastructure/space/experienced customs agents & officers; vets & port health inspectors; HGV drivers) for life outside the SM&CU. eg alleviate Dover you overload elsewhere. Consider UK 85% dependent on EU RoRo driver accompanied hauliers/drivers
not least for those back-loads to EU (i.e. UK exports).
In *time* the LoLo operators could invest & build their LoLo trailer fleets
(RoRo operators/owner drivers will not LoLo their trailers)
& expand LoLo ports...recruit UK drivers etc. Time has always been the enemy; still is
In *time* the LoLo operators could invest & build their LoLo trailer fleets
(RoRo operators/owner drivers will not LoLo their trailers)
& expand LoLo ports...recruit UK drivers etc. Time has always been the enemy; still is
The new equilbrium for UK consumers will be reduced volumes; less choice; higher prices & slower delivery schedules..after a long painful period of adjustment (shortages) to get there..
as needed bigger *supply* of capacity converges sufficiently with falling away trade *demand*
as needed bigger *supply* of capacity converges sufficiently with falling away trade *demand*
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