DB Schenker Halts Deliveries to U.K. Due to Brexit Trouble
- German logistics company cites ‘significant’ paperwork issues
- U.K.-EU trade being disrupted by post-Brexit red tape
A freight truck operated by DB Schenker at the Port of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland.
Photographer: Ville Mannikko/Bloomberg
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DB Schenker, a major logistics company owned by German rail giant Deutsche Bahn AG, suspended deliveries to the U.K. due to “significant” problems caused by post-Brexit red tape.
The company, which has about 76,000 employees in 2,100 locations, “has been forced to put a temporarily hold on the acceptance of new consignments for shipment” to the U.K., it said in an e-mailed statement. DB Schenker said only about 10% of goods it had been commissioned to ship were accompanied with accurate customs forms.