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Delays at sea ports have already started due to Brexit
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostYes, that would be best. I’d like to see the volumes for air freight as well as ocean. While the rates are climbing, all options still seem to be available to my clients right now.
It’s also interesting that Mordac is blaming the current Covid lockdown - which has been going on for just over 2 weeks - for issues at UK ports that have been going on for 3 months.
Air freight is roughly 90% down (a quick glance at the LHR arr/dep boards will tell you that, I just have to go out in my garden to see the lack of planes). Shipping freight is planned months in advance, I'm sure I'll be able to find some evidence that freight rates have increased significantly because nobody anticipated the sudden spike in demand, but what you're seeing now is because of decisions taken by freight companies many months ago.
Either way, you can't explain how Brexit can affect shipments from Asia. There's a very good reason for that...His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI don't think being a postman really qualifies you as being in the freight business...Actually COVID does have a lot to do with it if you read other articles, apparently there are hundreds of containers of PPE equipment all piled up along with empty ones meaning not enough space for all the Chinese tat for Christmas presents. But still....Chris Grayling?His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostAir freight is roughly 90% down (a quick glance at the LHR arr/dep boards will tell you that, I just have to go out in my garden to see the lack of planes).
But I’ll humour you for a minute...
UK air freight is around 2.6m tonnes annually
UK sea freight is around 490m tonnes annually
So, if we took your silly figure of 90% down on air freight, that’s a reduction of 2.34m.
Stick 2.34m into sea freight and that’s an increase of less than 0.5%. Or to put it another way, one small container vessel. If the whole of the UK’s sea freight operations collapse because of one small freighter, we’ve got a problem.
I realise you’re obsessed with Asia. We do about 50m tonnes of freight with Asia each year and about 200m tonnes with the EU.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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The fact that air freight is down is a Brexit problem, because it has been pushed on to the Eurasia rail system. That means even more imports coming from Europe.I'm alright JackComment
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It's even worse. Ships that can't discharge their goods in Felixstowe and the other UK ports are being diverted to Belgium and Holland.I'm alright JackComment
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Yes, Brexit keeps on giving.
New container route from Ireland to Dunkirk, bypassing the UK
New container route from Ireland to Dunkirk, bypassing the UK - EU Reporter"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostI did an infrastructure upgrade for a UK-wide freight company
Or at least tried to do it before MF stole it from you
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Originally posted by AtW View PostYou've upgraded network from 100 Mbits to 1 Gbit?
No, he "upgraded" his Yodel delivery from 24 hour to 2 days.
It was a sofa.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostYou've upgraded network from 100 Mbits to 1 Gbit?
Or at least tried to do it before MF stole it from you
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