Additional customs formalities, required for so-called third countries, would mean more intensive passport checks and inspections, leading to longer processing times at terminals.
Steps taken would allow the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, to better cope with customs documents that have not been properly prepared for maritime crossings to the United Kingdom (UK).
Of the approximately 54 million tonnes of freight that is traded annually between the UK and the Netherlands, around 40 million tonnes passes through the port of Rotterdam, and in particular via ferry and shortsea crossings.
