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Brexit Border Friction Rises With More Cargoes to U.K. Rejected

Tensions Rising at Border After EU Threat To Impose Checks — Photographer: Paul Faith/Bloomberg

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By Lizzy Burden

March 10, 2021 at 5:00 AM UTC

Updated on

March 10, 2021 at 11:11 AM UTC

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Friction at the U.K. border is rising again following Brexit as shipping companies rejected more cargoes due to cross the English Channel from France.

The rate that freight companies declined to take shipments that were scheduled to move rose last week and is now 69% higher than the average in the third quarter, according to the logistics platform Transporeon.