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On 1 January 2022 full Customs controls will apply and there is no possibility to pass UK ports other than with a full import declaration.

Many countries are still struggling with the pandemic one way or the other, which reflects in different ways in our industry. The ocean market is as volatile as ever and continues to hit us with other challenges besides the pandemic such as port congestions, strikes, shortage of containers, shortage of rail wagons, full vessels.

As every media is focusing on the situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to offer you the latest logistics update on how it might influence on your business.

We have currently issued a press release about 'Scan Global Logistics is expanding to Poland' to the media.

The biggest challenge for any transport provider is a complex infrastructure as in West Africa. Constantly changing conditions require new solutions and consequently a vast knowledge and deep understanding of routing, accessible borders and bridges to cross. An example could be in rainy seasons when roads are unstable and even likely to disappear.

Winter is here, and it is impacting the transportation schedules due to operational challenges at ports, yards and terminals.

Looking back at 2018, we saw an increasing pressure on FCL trucking capacity as well as increasing rates. This is a result of a lack of truck drivers combined with increased focus on enforcement of cabotage rules across the EU.

The German coalition government has decided that the kilometer tax on trucks will increase.

Effective August 1, 2018, Scan Global Logistics opens an office in Hamburg, Germany. In 2017, the company acquired Crosseurope AB, which included a smaller hub in Straslund. The opening in Hamburg is therefore initiated in order to secure a continued growth in the German market.