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    96% of UK Hauliers 'Not Ready for Transition'

    96% of UK Hauliers ‘Not Ready for Transition’

    Collett & Sons Deliver a 68Te Transformer from Slovenia to Tilbury Substation

    Collett & Sons Deliver a 68Te Transformer from Slovenia to Tilbury Substation

    Next Generation of Drivers Challenging Stereotypes in the Haulage Industry

    Next Generation of Drivers Challenging Stereotypes in the Haulage Industry

    Logistics Calls for Clearer Vision on Zero Carbon HGVs

    Logistics Calls for Clearer Vision on Zero Carbon HGVs

    Get Brexit Ready with Logistics UK Online Conference

    Get Brexit Ready with Logistics UK Online Conference

    How to Avoid Autumnal Road Hazards

    How to Avoid Autumnal Road Hazards

    How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law

    How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law

    Electronic Goods Arrive On Time with New Arrivals Board From Mandata

    Electronic Goods Arrive On Time with New Arrivals Board From Mandata

    Cool Chain Association and IATA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

    Cool Chain Association and IATA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

  • Warehousing & Storage
    Panattoni UK Appoints Head of Capital Markets

    Panattoni UK Appoints Head of Capital Markets

    Rite-Hite Launches Close Up for Winter Initiative

    Rite-Hite Launches Close Up for Winter Initiative

    60% of Logistics Workers Spent Lockdown Searching for a New Role

    60% of Logistics Workers Spent Lockdown Searching for a New Role

    Brighton Works Warehouse Welcomes New Business

    Brighton Works Warehouse Welcomes New Business

    TPN Launches Next Phase of Development with a Brand New Look

    TPN Launches Next Phase of Development with a Brand New Look

    Hermes Opens New Distribution Depot and Creates Jobs

    Hermes Opens New Distribution Depot and Creates Jobs

    New Distribution Depot Creates 133 Jobs

    New Distribution Depot Creates 133 Jobs

    Creating a Smart Warehouse with Enhanced Internet Connectivity

    Creating a Smart Warehouse with Enhanced Internet Connectivity

    How to Manage and Maintain Your Workers' PPE during Covid-19

    How to Manage and Maintain Your Workers’ PPE during Covid-19

  • Bus & Coach
    Xplore Dundee is a Business Hero

    Xplore Dundee is a Business Hero

    Revolutionising the Commute Is Key to Reducing UK Carbon Emissions

    Revolutionising the Commute Is Key to Reducing UK Carbon Emissions

    Euro Bus Expo Postponed Until 2021

    Euro Bus Expo Postponed Until 2021

    Visitor Registration Opens for the Biggest Bus and Coach Event in Europe

    Visitor Registration Opens for the Biggest Bus and Coach Event in Europe

    Xplore Dundee Launches New Buses in 2020

    Xplore Dundee Launches New Buses in 2020

    Xplore Dundee's New Bus Tickets to Be Introduced in January

    Xplore Dundee’s New Bus Tickets to Be Introduced in January

    Xplore Dundee Celebrates Living Wage Week

    Xplore Dundee Celebrates Living Wage Week

    Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020

    Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020

    Stagecoach Drives Towards a ‘Cloud-First’ Enabled Network Strategy

    Stagecoach Drives Towards a ‘Cloud-First’ Enabled Network Strategy

  • Shipping & Ports
    Flexible Logistics Sector Committed to Delivering Christmas

    Flexible Logistics Sector Committed to Delivering Christmas

    SeaRoad Expands Its Ro/Ro Capacity with MoorMaster NxG

    SeaRoad Expands Its Ro/Ro Capacity with MoorMaster NxG

    Flexport Appoints New Head of Ocean EMEA

    Flexport Appoints New Head of Ocean EMEA

    Logistics UK Comment on Government’s Freeport Announcement

    Logistics UK Comment on Government’s Freeport Announcement

    Logistics UK Response to Port Infrastructure Fund

    Logistics UK Response to Port Infrastructure Fund

    Logistics UK Comments on Launch of Trader Support Service

    Logistics UK Comments on Launch of Trader Support Service

    Mammoet and Verton Sign on to Springboard Safer Load Orientation

    Mammoet and Verton Sign on to Springboard Safer Load Orientation

    3PL Launches New Real-Time Order Fulfilment Software

    3PL Launches New Real-Time Order Fulfilment Software

    Flexport Announces Free Carbon Calculator API Functionality in Shipping

    Flexport Announces Free Carbon Calculator API Functionality in Shipping

  • Air
    Night Flying Essential to Deliver Vital Goods

    Night Flying Essential to Deliver Vital Goods

    Luton Airport Shareholders Launch Funding Programme

    Luton Airport Shareholders Launch Funding Programme

    Electric Aviation Group Unveils World’s First Hybrid Aircraft

    Electric Aviation Group Unveils World’s First Hybrid Aircraft

    American Airlines Commencing Flights from London Heathrow

    American Airlines Commencing Flights from London Heathrow

    Flights to Be Resumed from Leeds Bradford Airport

    Flights to Be Resumed from Leeds Bradford Airport

    American Airlines Increases Cargo-Only Service from the US to Europe

    American Airlines Increases Cargo-Only Service from the US to Europe

    FTA Response to Heathrow Airport Decision

    FTA Response to Heathrow Airport Decision

    Statement on Bath Clean Air Zone

    Statement on Bath Clean Air Zone

    Jet2 Reports Increased Demand Following Thomas Cook Collapse

    Jet2 Reports Increased Demand Following Thomas Cook Collapse

  • Rail
    CEMEX Transports Two Million Tonnes By Rail to Save 100K Road Movements

    CEMEX Transports Two Million Tonnes By Rail to Save 100K Road Movements

    Rail Ombudsman Marks 2nd Anniversary with Renewed Call on Industry

    Rail Ombudsman Marks 2nd Anniversary with Renewed Call on Industry

    Rail Investment to Provide Economic Boost to Southampton and the Midlands

    Rail Investment to Provide Economic Boost to Southampton and the Midlands

    The End of Rail Franchising: Reform Must Deliver for Freight

    The End of Rail Franchising: Reform Must Deliver for Freight

    Hull Trains to London Are Resuming Service

    Hull Trains to London Are Resuming Service

    Plans for a Rail Testing Centre in Wales Are Progressing

    Plans for a Rail Testing Centre in Wales Are Progressing

    InPost and South Western Railway to Offer Contact-Free Collections and Returns

    InPost and South Western Railway to Offer Contact-Free Collections and Returns

    Acorn Awarded Principal Contractors Licence by Network Rail

    Acorn Awarded Principal Contractors Licence by Network Rail

    Intelligent Infrastructure to Digitally Transform Rail Operations

    Intelligent Infrastructure to Digitally Transform Rail Operations

  • Fleet
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    Britain’s Highest and Lowest Roads

    Britain’s Highest and Lowest Roads

    Lytx Secures Long-Term Deal with Breezemount

    Lytx Secures Long-Term Deal with Breezemount

    Roger Bullivant Wins Silver Award for Best Trained Workforce

    Roger Bullivant Wins Silver Award for Best Trained Workforce

    Logistics UK Discusses Readiness with EU Transition Minister

    Logistics UK Discusses Readiness with EU Transition Minister

    How Van Drivers Can Reduce Emissions and Their Impact on the Environment

    How Van Drivers Can Reduce Emissions and Their Impact on the Environment

    Dawsongroup Finance Wins £15M Christmas Leasing Deal with Supermarket Chain

    Dawsongroup Finance Wins £15M Christmas Leasing Deal with Supermarket Chain

    Sonoco Recycling Invests in Three New Hiab MULTILIFTs

    Sonoco Recycling Invests in Three New Hiab MULTILIFTs

    Expand Grid Capacity to Support EV Revolution

    Expand Grid Capacity to Support EV Revolution

    Van Security Report 2020 Launched by Logistics UK

    Van Security Report 2020 Launched by Logistics UK

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    96% of UK Hauliers 'Not Ready for Transition'

    96% of UK Hauliers ‘Not Ready for Transition’

    Collett & Sons Deliver a 68Te Transformer from Slovenia to Tilbury Substation

    Collett & Sons Deliver a 68Te Transformer from Slovenia to Tilbury Substation

    Next Generation of Drivers Challenging Stereotypes in the Haulage Industry

    Next Generation of Drivers Challenging Stereotypes in the Haulage Industry

    Logistics Calls for Clearer Vision on Zero Carbon HGVs

    Logistics Calls for Clearer Vision on Zero Carbon HGVs

    Get Brexit Ready with Logistics UK Online Conference

    Get Brexit Ready with Logistics UK Online Conference

    How to Avoid Autumnal Road Hazards

    How to Avoid Autumnal Road Hazards

    How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law

    How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law

    Electronic Goods Arrive On Time with New Arrivals Board From Mandata

    Electronic Goods Arrive On Time with New Arrivals Board From Mandata

    Cool Chain Association and IATA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

    Cool Chain Association and IATA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

  • Warehousing & Storage
    Panattoni UK Appoints Head of Capital Markets

    Panattoni UK Appoints Head of Capital Markets

    Rite-Hite Launches Close Up for Winter Initiative

    Rite-Hite Launches Close Up for Winter Initiative

    60% of Logistics Workers Spent Lockdown Searching for a New Role

    60% of Logistics Workers Spent Lockdown Searching for a New Role

    Brighton Works Warehouse Welcomes New Business

    Brighton Works Warehouse Welcomes New Business

    TPN Launches Next Phase of Development with a Brand New Look

    TPN Launches Next Phase of Development with a Brand New Look

    Hermes Opens New Distribution Depot and Creates Jobs

    Hermes Opens New Distribution Depot and Creates Jobs

    New Distribution Depot Creates 133 Jobs

    New Distribution Depot Creates 133 Jobs

    Creating a Smart Warehouse with Enhanced Internet Connectivity

    Creating a Smart Warehouse with Enhanced Internet Connectivity

    How to Manage and Maintain Your Workers' PPE during Covid-19

    How to Manage and Maintain Your Workers’ PPE during Covid-19

  • Bus & Coach
    Xplore Dundee is a Business Hero

    Xplore Dundee is a Business Hero

    Revolutionising the Commute Is Key to Reducing UK Carbon Emissions

    Revolutionising the Commute Is Key to Reducing UK Carbon Emissions

    Euro Bus Expo Postponed Until 2021

    Euro Bus Expo Postponed Until 2021

    Visitor Registration Opens for the Biggest Bus and Coach Event in Europe

    Visitor Registration Opens for the Biggest Bus and Coach Event in Europe

    Xplore Dundee Launches New Buses in 2020

    Xplore Dundee Launches New Buses in 2020

    Xplore Dundee's New Bus Tickets to Be Introduced in January

    Xplore Dundee’s New Bus Tickets to Be Introduced in January

    Xplore Dundee Celebrates Living Wage Week

    Xplore Dundee Celebrates Living Wage Week

    Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020

    Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020

    Stagecoach Drives Towards a ‘Cloud-First’ Enabled Network Strategy

    Stagecoach Drives Towards a ‘Cloud-First’ Enabled Network Strategy

  • Shipping & Ports
    Flexible Logistics Sector Committed to Delivering Christmas

    Flexible Logistics Sector Committed to Delivering Christmas

    SeaRoad Expands Its Ro/Ro Capacity with MoorMaster NxG

    SeaRoad Expands Its Ro/Ro Capacity with MoorMaster NxG

    Flexport Appoints New Head of Ocean EMEA

    Flexport Appoints New Head of Ocean EMEA

    Logistics UK Comment on Government’s Freeport Announcement

    Logistics UK Comment on Government’s Freeport Announcement

    Logistics UK Response to Port Infrastructure Fund

    Logistics UK Response to Port Infrastructure Fund

    Logistics UK Comments on Launch of Trader Support Service

    Logistics UK Comments on Launch of Trader Support Service

    Mammoet and Verton Sign on to Springboard Safer Load Orientation

    Mammoet and Verton Sign on to Springboard Safer Load Orientation

    3PL Launches New Real-Time Order Fulfilment Software

    3PL Launches New Real-Time Order Fulfilment Software

    Flexport Announces Free Carbon Calculator API Functionality in Shipping

    Flexport Announces Free Carbon Calculator API Functionality in Shipping

  • Air
    Night Flying Essential to Deliver Vital Goods

    Night Flying Essential to Deliver Vital Goods

    Luton Airport Shareholders Launch Funding Programme

    Luton Airport Shareholders Launch Funding Programme

    Electric Aviation Group Unveils World’s First Hybrid Aircraft

    Electric Aviation Group Unveils World’s First Hybrid Aircraft

    American Airlines Commencing Flights from London Heathrow

    American Airlines Commencing Flights from London Heathrow

    Flights to Be Resumed from Leeds Bradford Airport

    Flights to Be Resumed from Leeds Bradford Airport

    American Airlines Increases Cargo-Only Service from the US to Europe

    American Airlines Increases Cargo-Only Service from the US to Europe

    FTA Response to Heathrow Airport Decision

    FTA Response to Heathrow Airport Decision

    Statement on Bath Clean Air Zone

    Statement on Bath Clean Air Zone

    Jet2 Reports Increased Demand Following Thomas Cook Collapse

    Jet2 Reports Increased Demand Following Thomas Cook Collapse

  • Rail
    CEMEX Transports Two Million Tonnes By Rail to Save 100K Road Movements

    CEMEX Transports Two Million Tonnes By Rail to Save 100K Road Movements

    Rail Ombudsman Marks 2nd Anniversary with Renewed Call on Industry

    Rail Ombudsman Marks 2nd Anniversary with Renewed Call on Industry

    Rail Investment to Provide Economic Boost to Southampton and the Midlands

    Rail Investment to Provide Economic Boost to Southampton and the Midlands

    The End of Rail Franchising: Reform Must Deliver for Freight

    The End of Rail Franchising: Reform Must Deliver for Freight

    Hull Trains to London Are Resuming Service

    Hull Trains to London Are Resuming Service

    Plans for a Rail Testing Centre in Wales Are Progressing

    Plans for a Rail Testing Centre in Wales Are Progressing

    InPost and South Western Railway to Offer Contact-Free Collections and Returns

    InPost and South Western Railway to Offer Contact-Free Collections and Returns

    Acorn Awarded Principal Contractors Licence by Network Rail

    Acorn Awarded Principal Contractors Licence by Network Rail

    Intelligent Infrastructure to Digitally Transform Rail Operations

    Intelligent Infrastructure to Digitally Transform Rail Operations

  • Fleet
    • All
    • Recovery
    Britain’s Highest and Lowest Roads

    Britain’s Highest and Lowest Roads

    Lytx Secures Long-Term Deal with Breezemount

    Lytx Secures Long-Term Deal with Breezemount

    Roger Bullivant Wins Silver Award for Best Trained Workforce

    Roger Bullivant Wins Silver Award for Best Trained Workforce

    Logistics UK Discusses Readiness with EU Transition Minister

    Logistics UK Discusses Readiness with EU Transition Minister

    How Van Drivers Can Reduce Emissions and Their Impact on the Environment

    How Van Drivers Can Reduce Emissions and Their Impact on the Environment

    Dawsongroup Finance Wins £15M Christmas Leasing Deal with Supermarket Chain

    Dawsongroup Finance Wins £15M Christmas Leasing Deal with Supermarket Chain

    Sonoco Recycling Invests in Three New Hiab MULTILIFTs

    Sonoco Recycling Invests in Three New Hiab MULTILIFTs

    Expand Grid Capacity to Support EV Revolution

    Expand Grid Capacity to Support EV Revolution

    Van Security Report 2020 Launched by Logistics UK

    Van Security Report 2020 Launched by Logistics UK

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UK Businesses Prime Minister’s Proposals May not Produce Brexit Breakthrough

Cristina Diaconu by Cristina Diaconu
September 26, 2019
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UK Businesses Prime Minister's Proposals May not Produce Brexit Breakthrough

UK Businesses Prime Minister's Proposals May not Produce Brexit Breakthrough

An international logistics expert has warned UK businesses not to expect too much from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reported proposals for an amended Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said the government had apparently sent the EU some ideas for replacing the so-called Irish backstop. This was the element of the current draft deal that would effectively keep the whole UK in the EU’s customs union temporarily after Brexit, which had been a main cause of its decisive rejection three times by MPs.

The backstop’s aims – all of which the EU says must be achieved by any replacement mechanism – are avoiding a hard border, protecting the all-Ireland economy, preserving north-south co-operation and maintaining the integrity of the EU single market and customs union.

Mr Johnson said the Prime Minister’s suggestions for an alternative to the backstop seemingly included trade-related provisions, such as common rules for Northern Ireland and the republic – which will remain an EU member – covering agricultural items like live animals and plants.

He was also said to be advocating the use of aids such as modern technology, online form completion, trusted trader schemes and a general exemption from customs procedures and reporting for Northern Ireland’s businesses below the VAT threshold.

Mr Johnson said: “The backstop question is no parochial Irish matter, as it’s the key reason businesses across the UK still face the possibility of a calamitous no-deal Brexit. This is despite recent events in Parliament apparently having made this less likely on the current deadline day of 31 October.

“However, the Prime Minister’s reported proposals – which would effectively make Northern Ireland a special economic zone within the UK – seem unlikely to be agreed. For one thing, while an all-Ireland approach to agricultural items such as animals and plants is understandable, as this forms the most significant category of cross-border commerce, it still only accounts for 30 per cent of this traffic.”

Mr Johnson said overall 13,000 lorries used the border’s 300 road crossings daily and the government’s idea was apparently that other elements of the backstop, relating to important areas such as the treatment of industrial and manufactured goods, customs and VAT, should simply be abolished.

He said: “It’s also noteworthy the Prime Minister is not seemingly suggesting complete regulatory alignment even for items like animals and plants, as he’s said to be proposing Northern Irish exemptions from measures such as EU labelling rules for them. In addition, the idea creates the prospect of two borders – one at Irish ports for this agricultural cargo and another between Northern Ireland and the republic for everything else – which seems implausible.”

Mr Johnson said one reason to dispute the suggestion that aids such as technology and trusted trader schemes could now make a border invisible was the UK had yet to produce workable, detailed proposals itemising how this could be achieved, despite well over three years having passed since its EU membership referendum. Another was the fact that even at frontiers between countries with similar relevant regulations, such as Norway and Sweden or Canada and the United States, some infrastructure was still necessary.

He said: “A customs and reporting exemption for small businesses is unlikely to be agreed by the EU either, for various reasons. One is that 94 per cent of companies sending goods from Northern Ireland to the republic are thought to have fewer than 50 staff and their shipments account for 47 per cent of the value of north-south trade.

“Such an exemption would therefore largely provide an open door into the EU single market and customs union for goods which didn’t necessarily meet their regulations, including those transported by smugglers. The proposal appears to assume that every risk associated with waiving customs and reporting requirements is posed by goods sent from larger firms which seems, to put it politely, questionable.”

Mr Johnson said these, and additional, trade-related weaknesses were supplemented by others in the reported ideas, plus associated differences between the government and EU, in areas such as wider economics, politics and timescales. It therefore seemed the Prime Minister’s suggestions may not form the basis for a revised withdrawal agreement, certainly by the end of next month, partly because the EU would not see them as achieving all the backstop’s aims.

He said: “It’s thus probable – barring unforeseen events – that the choice confronting the government in October could be between requesting a further deadline extension and flouting the law by attempting to achieve a damaging no-deal Brexit, which we sincerely hope doesn’t happen.”

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