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Brexit changes the game for port haulage, says Freight Base

The UK's light haulage fleet needs to grow by more than half within the next 18 months to keep pace with freight now arriving directly through the country's container ports, says the Freight Base online marketplace, quoting Department for Transport projections. It says that since Brexit, container traffic that once moved through Rotterdam and Antwerp before onward distribution around the UK has shifted to arrive directly at British ports, with Southampton, ... [+]