I scribbled this down as we were having the conversation but... I have a friend in Germany (Connected through a car club, long story) and we have just had an interesting WhatsApp chat.. So I may have got some of it wrong as I can't always read my own writing.
Basically: In Germany, there's a traffic jam on the road into Poland caused by Polish truckers trying to get home.
Poland has closed it's border and every LDTD that has been outside Poland has to be checked for CoVID before they can cross the border back into Poland.
So most of the Polish drivers are refusing to Leave Poland in the first place because it can take them days to get home, and their employers don't want to pay for them being sat in traffic jams.
Most of the drivers are Polish or former Eastern European types because they are cheaper to hire.
Delivery of goods to and from and through Poland is breaking down. So many companies in Germany are closing production lines.
I think it's called a FUBAR?
Some proper lack of joined up thinking going on here. Glad we are surrounded by the sea and have container ports.
Basically: In Germany, there's a traffic jam on the road into Poland caused by Polish truckers trying to get home.
Poland has closed it's border and every LDTD that has been outside Poland has to be checked for CoVID before they can cross the border back into Poland.
So most of the Polish drivers are refusing to Leave Poland in the first place because it can take them days to get home, and their employers don't want to pay for them being sat in traffic jams.
Most of the drivers are Polish or former Eastern European types because they are cheaper to hire.
Delivery of goods to and from and through Poland is breaking down. So many companies in Germany are closing production lines.
I think it's called a FUBAR?
Some proper lack of joined up thinking going on here. Glad we are surrounded by the sea and have container ports.
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