Average price-per-mile for freight vehicles up by 12%

DHL said any disruption with deliveries to Sainsbury’s stores in the South East would be minimised after staff at its Dartford distribution depot voted for strike action.

Felixstowe-based logistics business Prologic has submitted plans for a new lorry park to be built near to the Suffolk container terminal, which it said would ease pressure on the A14 if Operation Stack was required.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has said a customs frontier is inevitable once Britain leaves the EU.