Parcel courier DPD UK is pausing its road delivery services into Europe, including Ireland, until at least Wednesday.
The move comes because of new post-Brexit regulations.
In a statement, DPD said: “The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement resulted in more complex processes, and additional customs data requirements for parcels destined for Europe. This, along with delays and congestion at UK ports for Channel crossings, has placed extra pressure on our turnaround and transit times.
“We are seeing up to 20% of parcels with incorrect or incomplete data attached, resulting in these parcels needing to be returned to customers, so that the required data can be provided.
“In view of this unprecedented set of circumstances we believe that it is only right to pause and review our road service into Europe, including the Republic of Ireland. During this time, we will work with our customers to validate and correct the data we have in our system, to reduce the delays and enable us to resume normal service.
“This pause in our operation will be as short as possible and we intend to recommence this service on Wednesday 13 January.”
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