Uniserve

Uniserve Group is an independent logistics and trade management provider. Its Sea Freight Director Steve Ireland reported this week , "Short-Sea container volumes between Europe and the UK are significantly increasing as an economical alternative to road freight services. This week, one short-sea shipping line has been reported to be introducing a pre-Brexit surcharge for all shipments involving the UK, due to the increased demand." Air freight is seeing the same problems as companies try to circumvent seaport issues. When Chinese imports return to full speed in the coming weeks after the New Year break, this is set to compound backlogs at UK ports as the same trucking companies with the same driver shortage that struggled to meet demand even before the hiked demand of pre-Brexit stockpiling.