Brexit is causing customs delays that are causing problems for shippers and brokers. Read the article to find out a bit about it. Notice all the things besides customs that a container or any cargo must meet.
By Alex Whiteman 15/09/2021
New Brexit customs control delays ‘expected’, but still ‘a pain in the neck’ – The Loadstar
Posted in Logistics, Supply Chains
Tagged Brexit, customs, delays, innovation, Logistics, Shipping
The UK, with Brexit, has been one of the hardest hit nations with driver shortages. Here is some talk on the situation.
Apparently driver shortage surcharges are being added by some carriers, claiming all the money goes to drivers. Who believes that? Some think other carriers are also doing it but not calling it specifically for drivers. Any carrier may or may not be keeping the surcharge themselves, as there is no documentation of where it is going.
By Alexander Whiteman 26/08/2021
Tensions rise in UK haulage as surcharges see drivers playing ‘musical chairs’ – The Loadstar
Posted in Labor Economics, Logistics, Trucking
Tagged Brexit, european union, intermodal, Logistics, trucking
Today’s news brings more info on unintended consequences of Brexit. I submit this could be fairly serious in thelong run, and make customs essentially unenforceable from EU to the UK.
Apparently it takes customs a long time to process the forms required to import from the EU. MNow EU shippers could use a broker to file the forms. The charge for that is small. But if the broker in the UK files the forms, they are also making themselves liable for nonpayment of the customs duty. Often this duty is quite large. And the UK customs (HMRC) cannot go after the EU cargo owner– the law isn’t in effect there. So who do they go after? The local UK brokerage.
Brokers in the UK simply cannot afford this risk, so they will quit brokering cargo from the UK. And the HMRC will have nowhere to go to collect duties.
I’m not sure what can be done to unwind this, either. Brexit will untimately break the agreements on duties that were in place, in favor of self-determination. So the UK will have to ‘self-determine’ how to collect duties. Do we go back to customs patrols and ship searches? You can bet there will be plenty of cheating by failure to file forms, on the part of EU cargo owners, perhaps even smuggling. The nightmares of the 19th century are before us.
Serious threat to UK customs duty revenue as backlog of declarations grows – The Loadstar
By Alex Whiteman, Brexit reporter 07/06/2021
Serious threat to UK customs duty revenue as backlog of declarations grows – The Loadstar
Posted in Logistics, Shipping, Supply Chains
Tagged Brexit, customs, Logistics, ocean shipping, Shipping, supply chains
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