A day before the Dorohusk escalation, Poland’s Border Guard reported that 1,900 trucks were already waiting at the Rava-Ruska–Hrebenne, Krakivets–Korczowa and Yahodyn–Dorohusk crossings, where carrier protests entered their fourth week. Authorities said 900 additional lorries were jammed at Shehyni–Medyka, despite that post having been nominally unblocked.
The blockade is part of a coordinated campaign by Polish haulage companies and farmers who argue that liberalised EU-Ukraine permit rules and grain imports are undercutting domestic operators. While private cars, buses and humanitarian convoys can pass, commercial cargo faces severe bottlenecks, with warehouse inventories in eastern Poland shrinking to critical levels.
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Corporate mobility teams relocating staff to or from Ukraine should expect visa-run trips and household-goods shipments to face multi-day delays. Several multinational firms have begun routing high-value freight via the Baltic ports of Klaipėda and Gdańsk to bypass the protest zone.
Government negotiators met union representatives on 8 December but failed to reach agreement. Observers note that the talks are complicated by Poland’s insistence that any solution respect EU market-access commitments signed with Kyiv.
Businesses are advised to maintain flexible inventory strategies and to brief assignees on alternative travel corridors through Slovakia or Hungary until normal traffic resumes.
The blockade is part of a coordinated campaign by Polish haulage companies and farmers who argue that liberalised EU-Ukraine permit rules and grain imports are undercutting domestic operators. While private cars, buses and humanitarian convoys can pass, commercial cargo faces severe bottlenecks, with warehouse inventories in eastern Poland shrinking to critical levels.
Corporate mobility teams relocating staff to or from Ukraine should expect visa-run trips and household-goods shipments to face multi-day delays. Several multinational firms have begun routing high-value freight via the Baltic ports of Klaipėda and Gdańsk to bypass the protest zone.
Government negotiators met union representatives on 8 December but failed to reach agreement. Observers note that the talks are complicated by Poland’s insistence that any solution respect EU market-access commitments signed with Kyiv.
Businesses are advised to maintain flexible inventory strategies and to brief assignees on alternative travel corridors through Slovakia or Hungary until normal traffic resumes.
