The prospect of preferential U.K.-EU customs arrangements coming to an end in December, with no new deal likely to be completed in time, comes as a swathe of other logistics challenges face the country. ASM has indicated that the U.K. government’s new customs IT system won’t be ready for use until end-2021. Companies “have been waiting too long” to set up new bonded warehouses to tackle customs complications, according to the Bonded Warehousekeepers Association. Existing disruptions at British ports, including Hutchison Ports’ Felixstowe, have led MSC to apply handling surcharges equipme...