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Sources have told The Loadstar that red tape & associated delays were scaring-off EU drivers – paid per kilometre, & in some cases facing *12-hour delays* – from coming to the UK without guarantees that they'll be paid for round trips. One source predicted that driver shortages
..would lead to abandoned trailers, resulting in surging rates, mimicking the recent experience of ocean container supply chains.
Director analyst at Gartner’s supply chain practice Susan Boylan said with EU drivers continuing to question the viability of serving the UK,
Director analyst at Gartner’s supply chain practice Susan Boylan said with EU drivers continuing to question the viability of serving the UK,
a “capacity crunch” could hit, creating a domino effect in the logistics sector. “There has been a level of pain and complexity from both a customs clearance and financial perspective that has led drivers to say ‘we’re just not doing it’” Ms Boylan told The Loadstar.
“One in five trucks are being pulled over without the correct documents, and I foresee a real capacity crunch coming if we see these trailers being constantly side lined, which leads to questions of the knock-on effect – if your trailers are detained or stranded in the UK,
it will push back the time for deliveries in Europe.”
She said shippers had been trebling their lead times to take into account not only the potential delays of getting products onto trucks but of sourcing the capacity.
She also suggested that food spoilage,
She said shippers had been trebling their lead times to take into account not only the potential delays of getting products onto trucks but of sourcing the capacity.
She also suggested that food spoilage,
resulting from trailers being detained, was leading shippers to consider whether it is safer to hold rather than risk moving their produce. “We have to consider these two issues as having their own knock-on impacts; the first is more congested warehousing if shippers concerned
of stock being wasted in transit,
and we also have to consider the financial implications, particularly that greater capital will be tied up in sourcing truck or warehouse capacity.
and we also have to consider the financial implications, particularly that greater capital will be tied up in sourcing truck or warehouse capacity.
“It could start out as a transport capacity crunch and descend into a *warehousing crunch*"
Full Report https://theloadstar.com/trailer-shortage-fears-as-eu-drivers-question-the-viability-of-serving-the-uk/
Full Report https://theloadstar.com/trailer-shortage-fears-as-eu-drivers-question-the-viability-of-serving-the-uk/
