Thread by @donnyc1975

Five days to go until importing into the U.K. becomes a nightmare. Then there is may when all vans need an ops licence and transport manager to drive on the continent. I think from here there will be a massive drop off of drivers/ owner drivers small companies. Sunlit uplands

The cost of transport by vans up to 3500kgs is going to significantly increase . Reg numbers must match the import documents - and you have to specify your route into the U.K. . Co-loading is as good as dead . It’s suddenly become a bit more specialised now .

It benefits no one . Prior to brexit - you could have ten jobs on your van , reducing costs to customers. Whilst increasing your profitability per run. That’s gone. Now it’s one job out and one job in . Can’t risk one job if another has incorrect paperwork = stuck in customs

I have noticed that it takes 6 hours to get into Dover and across the water nowadays. Every truck and van has to hand over their paperwork to be processed before boarding passes are issued . Doesn’t take long for queues to form

Here’s an example : I need to get artwork out to paris . Need to get the export papers ready first - vat/ duties paid by customer and a time for delivery arranged. They don’t have the full price on the job I’m charging - and it’s been 2 months and they are still in the U.K.

So I’m trying to help them out when a van goes out empty to reduce the cost . But it just doesn’t happen as not enough time to organise everything . So they are stuck in GB

Here’s another brexit benefit coming in five days : your bringing in an import from paris and charged let’s say 950 . Get orange lighted sent into customs and stuck for 8 hours @ 50 quid an hour. That’s nearly 50% extra on the cost of the job passed onto the customer . Great eh