Department for Transport

Seafarers Exempted from Red List Country Restrictions in UK

  • The Department for Transport in UK announced that all seafarers, irrespective of nationality, will be exempted from Red List (Acute List in Scotland) country restrictions.
  • Seafarers who have been in Red List countries in the 10 days preceding their arrival in the UK will be able to enter the UK to join their ships, take shore leave and/or return home.
  • They no need to spend 10 days in managed quarantine or be tested for Covid-19 after their arrival.

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‘Cold ironing’ can reduce emissions at UK ports, but government must help

The UK ports industry has called on the government to help it reduce carbon emissions at port facilities by building up infrastructure to deliver shore power to ships at berth.
For years, ports around the world have looked at how to provide shore power to ships at berth – known as cold ironing – an initiative first pioneered in Los Angeles’ West Basin Container Terminal in 2004, as the city struggled …

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UK DfT snaps up extra ferry capacity to keep freight ‘flowing smoothly’ post-Brexit

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has signed a £77.6m deal with four ferry operators to provide extra capacity between the UK and continental Europe should cross-Channel freight flows be hit by significant disruption post-Brexit.
The DfT said the extra capacity amounted to 3,000 trailers a week and the deal with Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O Ferries and Stena Line is focused on nine routes serving eight ports – Felixstowe, Harwich, Hull, …

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Whitehall unveils financial support package for British ferry industry

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced financial support for the UK’s ferry sector, including £17m ($21m) for services between the mainland and Northern Ireland.
The move comes days after a dispute between P&O Ferries and the port of Liverpool owner, Peel Ports, over a reported unpaid bill of £600,000, which saw a ferry detained at the quay and led to fears of a breakdown of cross-Irish Sea freight capacity.
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Operators pledge emergency capacity to relieve post-Brexit shortages

Eight transport operators have signed up to a government procurement network providing emergency capacity for critical goods, including medicines, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Air Charter Services, Brittany Ferries, DFDS, Eurotunnel, Irish Ferries, P&O Ferries, Seatruck and Stena Line have joined the network, which will allow them to bid for freight contracts.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps said: “We will do whatever it takes to ensure the flow of life-saving medicines …

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Whitehall splashes out £30m to help ports, roads and rail cope with Brexit

Government grants to help ports prepare for a no-deal Brexit have been welcomed by operators, but the British Ports Association (BPA) claims only a trade deal with the EU will avoid disruption.
The Department for Transport (DfT) announced this morning it had issued £30m to be spent on upgrades to port infrastructure and road and rail links, with transport secretary Grant Shapps saying: “We are leaving the EU on 31 October, and …

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Brexit sails from one storm in a port to another: want to talk about it?

The decision by the UK’s Department for Transport earlier this week to cancel the contracts awarded to DFDS and Brittany Ferries to run a series of extra cross-channel ro-ro sailings after 29 March – the date the UK was due to leave the EU – brings to an end another sorry, chaotic chapter in a story depressingly full of them.
The original strategy of the government in securing some extra vessel …

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Transport secretary Grayling ‘acted illegally’ in awarding Brexit ferry contracts

UK transport secretary Chris Grayling may have broken the law by awarding contracts for ro-ro services in the event of a no-deal Brexit, by not having first put them up for public tender.
The Transport Select Committee is investigating allegations that the situation did not meet the criteria for an emergency exemption, in breach of both EU and UK law.
On 28 December, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced it had contracted …

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Whitehall unveils its vision for UK as the ‘world’s leading maritime nation’

The UK government has outlined plans to develop the country as a “global test bed of emerging technology, enabling it to capitalise on the economic potential of maritime innovations”.
A 338-page document, Maritime 2050 – Navigating the Future, was published yesterday afternoon which includes proposals to establish “an innovation hub at a UK port by 2030, look at ways to clean up emissions from the industry and build on the world-class …

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