Services site offers Brexit help to hauliers

LORRY drivers heading for west Wales ferry ports can get help with the Brexit transition with a new information centre at the Pont Abraham services at the end of the M4 in Carmarthenshire.

From January, the new site will serve hauliers bound for the ferry terminals at Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.

It has dedicated staff to explain the new customs procedures changes coming into effect at the end of the transition period, and what they mean for hauliers.

Pont Abraham is one of 45 haulier information sites across the UK and is in a strategic position for goods movements to southern Ireland.

The other one in Wales is at Holyhead.

This joint initiative between the Welsh Government and the Department of Transport offers access to information during a period of substantial change and uncertainty for the haulage industry.

The sites will also enable hauliers to test whether they have completed relevant paperwork, thereby reducing the risk of being turned away at ports.

Ken Skates, Wales’s Minister for Economy and Transport, said: “This is a crucial addition to supporting haulier readiness and resilience during a period of significant challenge for the whole logistics industry – and the traders who rely on them.”

The support will also be available to hauliers in a range of languages including Welsh, English, Polish, Romanian, plus a number of other EU languages as well as Turkish and Russian.