Loosening the rules on the number of deliveries that can be made by foreign truck drivers in Britain, announced today, Friday (15/10) his government Boris Johnson, in order to alleviate the problems in product supply in anticipation of the Christmas holidays.
So far truck drivers from the EU can stay a week in the UK during which they are allowed to stop twice to deliver or receive products. Under the new rules, which the British government hopes to implement before Christmas, they will be able to unlimited number of stops for deliveries and receipts in a space two weeks.
“This equates to the addition of thousands of truck drivers,” Transport Minister Grand Saps told Sky News, where he pledged the new measures would take effect “by the end of the year.”
For weeks the shortage of about 100,000 truck drivers, due to the pandemic and Brexit, has caused serious problems in Britain in the delivery of products to supermarkets and fuel stations, as reported by ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ.
In addition, the lack of drivers has exacerbated product blockages in ports worldwide, and especially in England, where many containers full of Christmas products have recently had to be diverted to European ports. The situation is expected to last another 6 to 9 months, according to the British Ports Association (BPA).
“When I talk to (the authorities) in the ports they say ‘yes, we are blocked, but this is true internationally,'” Saps said, stressing that “the products are in circulation.” “The pressures are of course very real, but people will be able to buy Christmas products,” he said.
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