Review requested to avoid national embarrassment of long HGV queues in Dover again after Brexit
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Updated: 06:46, 31 December 2020
A leading haulage group has warned the ânational embarrassmentâ of long lorry queues must not be repeated when Britain leaves the EU.
Kent s roads were clogged with HGVs after France closed its border for two days over Christmas due to concerns over a new Covid variant.
Logistics UK policy manager Chris Yarsely speaks about the urgent need for a review
Business group Logistics UK has now written to the government, calling for a review of traffic management and driver welfare arrangements, to avoid a repeat on January 1.
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An eleventh-hour post-Brexit trade deal struck between the UK and the EU has been welcomed by the fleet and leasing industry.
It had faced a significant rise in costs, with tariffs imposed on cars and vans, if no deal had been agreed when the UK exits EU trading rules on Thursday (December 31).
However, while business will now have to adapt to the new trading rules and work through the detail of the deal, the expected hike in vehicle prices of several thousand pounds has been avoided.
Gerry Keaney, chief executive of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), said that the Brexit trade deal comes as a “big relief” for the industry and provides a “welcome boost” for the UK automotive sector, which can now plan with more “confidence and certainty”.
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Operators are being told they have ‘no time to lose’ to electrify their van fleets, after a ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol light commercial vehicles (LCVs) was brought forward to 2030.
Hybrid vans, which the Government has yet to define but says should be able to travel a “significant distance” with no carbon coming out of the tailpipe, will be banned from 2035.
Paul Kirby, head of LCV and EV strategy at Vanarama, said: “The reality is you need to get started now because, with the ban on diesel and petrol vans from 2030, that could be just two replacement cycles away.”