Permits row also means it is still unclear if drivers will be able to bring over food from the Continent after 1 January, inquiry told.

Households will be particularly hard hit at start of next year and into spring.

First time ministers have admitted police will enforce need for ‘Kent access permit’.

Warning of cross-Channel permits for only 2,088 businesses from January without a trade deal – a huge fall from 8,348.

Hauliers across the UK will be returning to work today (11 February 2019) to discover whether they have been lucky in the “International Lottery” for one of less than 1,000 available haulage permits that will be required for them to send trucks to the Continent and Ireland in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

Several Northern Ireland firms seeking special permits to trade across EU borders after Brexit have been told their applications were unsuccessful.

More than 10,000 HGV operators have not obtained crucial annual passes.

Hauliers are racing to grab a share of the permits that will allow them to continue to operate in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit outcome.

Applications for international road haulage permits opened this week and the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business organisation representing the logistics industry, is advising commercial vehicle operators wanting to transport goods into EU-27 countries post-Brexit to apply sooner rather than later.

NORTHERN Ireland will be issued with just 60 haulage permits to operate on the EU continent in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a freight body has warned.

The existing community licence will be valid until the UK leaves the EU at the end of March 2019, but thereafter operators will need ECMT permits. / The number of permits is limited so the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is advising operators to start collecting the required information now.

Permits required for the UK haulage sector under a no-deal Brexit could be allocated under a "lottery" style system, a new government paper has revealed.

If you carry out removals to and from Europe, you need to read this. ECMT permit applications open this week: international hauliers must apply – or miss out!

How to apply for permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.

Department for Transport says number of permits available will be severely limited. / A lottery-style system could be used to allocate scarce haulage permits in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a Department for Transport paper has revealed.

Permits for international road haulage will be allocated to hauliers using criteria set by the Department for Transport. This guidance explains how permits will be allocated and what hauliers need to do next.