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MONEYWEB app instead? By Lizzy Burden, Bloomberg 10 Mar 2021  08:59  Image: Paul Faith/Bloomberg Friction at the UK border is rising again following Brexit as shipping companies rejected more cargoes due to cross the English Channel from France. The rate that freight companies declined to take shipments that were scheduled to move rose last week and is now 69% higher than the average in the third quarter, according to the logistics platform Transporeon. “Uncertainty in the transport market” is increasing, especially on the France-to-UK route, said Transporeon Chief Executive St...

Word Count: 259 The rate that freight companies declined to take shipments that were scheduled to move rose last week and is now 69% higher than the average in the third quarter, according to the logistics platform Transporeon. “Uncertainty in the transport market” is increasing, especially on the France-to-U.K. route, said Transporeon Chief Executive Stephan Sieber. The figures add to evidence of constraints on Britain’s ability to trade goods in the next few months. Those tensions are likely to increase starting in April when the European Union phases in full customs checks, threateni...

Figures suggest that companies are adapting to new customs rules put in place on January 1.

Feb 6, 2021 Truckers are trying to avoid the U.K. as Brexit red tape keeps them waiting to get to the continent. New weekly data highlights the additional costs companies face when trading between Britain and the European Union after U.K. left the single market on Dec. 31. While the two sides agreed not to impose tariffs on goods, so-called non-tariff barriers are nevertheless creating obstacles for business. Freight firms are shunning the U.K., keeping rejection rates on contracts well above the third-quarter average last week, according to high-frequency data from Transporeon, the ...

Hauliers increasingly refusing to take loads across channel because of Brexit controls