Post-Brexit transition border checks could cause fresh food supply problems, an industry body has warned.

Ian Davies said hauliers were switching to direct routes to Belfast and only time would tell if this was a blip or long term change.

Southeast port boosted by fivefold increase in freight in January on continental sailings.

Holyhead and Fishguard ports saw a 30% drop in traffic in 2021, according to its operator Stena Line. / Ian Davies, boss of Stena's UK ports, said it was down to the new post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union rather than the pandemic.

Ham sandwiches confiscated, Percy Pigs exiled, and the threat of rotten fish in Westminster are some of the problems plaguing the UK.

Four ferry firms have landed government contracts worth a total of £77.6m to provide post-Brexit freight capacity.

Stena Line offers new weekend service, Brittany Ferries sailing will operate on Monday.

Mark Drakeford has warned the Brexit deal agreed by the UK Government with the EU on Northern Ireland earlier this week could have a negative impact on Welsh Ports.

Four companies agree contracts that will help ensure supply of vital medicines.

Hauliers have claimed there will be "mayhem" at Holyhead port when the Brexit transition period ends.

The biggest operator of ferries in the Irish Sea has confirmed that there will be checks, inspections and some new infrastructure for trade, and it wants to know what the government will pay for.

Stena Line has moved one of its ferries from Belfast to Rosslare in what it has called a "Brexit busting move".

Ferries put on more capacity on direct routes as businesses look to avoid border controls.

Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.

TRADE has nosedived in Wales as a result of Brexit, a shipping operator has revealed.

Perishable seafood first casualty of Boris Johnson’s new trade barriers.

Lorry traffic through Holyhead, the UK's second largest port, has fallen to about one-third of its usual capacity, port operator Stena has said.

Two major ports in Wales saw trade plummet by 30 per cent in 2021 as a result of post-Brexit changes in the way freight is moved, a ferry operator has said.

Ian Davies, boss of Stena Line’s UK ports, said Holyhead and Fishguard have both been affected.

Nearly two months after Great Britain (GB) left the EU single market and customs union, the volume of freight being shipped across the Irish Sea from the Republic of Ireland to GB is still down significantly, raising further questions about government claims that trading volumes are returning to normal.

Stena Line, the owners of two Welsh Ports, have said that more work needs to be done to iron out “major issues” following Brexit.