Potential Disruption at French Ports

We have experienced many disruptions by French fisherman at French ports over the years causing havoc to the European road freight industry. Over the last few days, the news headlines have been focusing on the UK / French political relationship and the threat of possible disruption this may cause. If we cannot agree fishing rights for French fisherman in our waters, the threat of an instant blockade of some vital French ports is very real. This will have a detrimental effect on transit times for all French shipments and any shipments that need to cross French territory. If things get nasty, a slow down by French customs officials on UK exports and imports has been rumoured also. It might be a good idea, if you can, to stockpile some shipments in the UK and EU if these blockades happen over the next few months. It is possible that your shipments to or from France may be affected by French action at short notice. Any action would also have an affect on goods transiting France to or from Europe. We are monitoring the situation closely and will issue updates as and when we have positive information of any action being taken. We do ask however, that you bear in mind the possible French action locking ports to UK ships, possible disruption via the channel tunnel and increasing checks by French Customs on shipments travelling in-between the UK and France for exports and imports.

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