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RMT demands to meet Dover MP over threat to local jobs

RMT demands to meet Dover MP over threat to local jobs 

Mick Cash

FERRIES Union RMT has written to Natalie Elphicke, Tory MP for Dover and Deal, seeking an urgent meeting on the threat to local seafarer jobs and the local economy from Irish Ferries’ plans to operate passenger ferry services between Dover and Calais from June. 

In the letter RMT General Secretary Mick Cash says: ‎

“I write to seek an urgent meeting with you following Irish Ferries’ announcement that it is planning to begin operating...

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DFDS set to launch Sheerness-Calais daily unaccompanied ro-ro service

DFDS is set to inject further capacity into UK-continental Europe supply chains on 1 June, when its launches an unaccompanied ro-ro service between the port of Sheerness, on the juncture of the Thames and Medway rivers, and Calais.
The daily service, one sailing in each direction, will be operated by DFDS’s ro-pax vessel, Gothia Seaways (pictured above), which has capacity for 165 unaccompanied units and is currently deployed on the Baltic Sea.
Wayne Bullen, …

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RMT statement on Irish Ferries commencing services on the Dover to Calais route

RMT statement on Irish Ferries commencing services on the Dover to Calais route

Mick Cash

Maritime Union RMT has raised serious concerns over today’s announcement that Irish Ferries will commence a service on the Dover – Calais route. Irish Ferries is a well known operator with a proven reputation for exploiting overseas Seafarers.

RMT has today written to Irish Ferries seeking a meeting to outline the unions concerns surrounding employment practices and the threat that this development poses to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/26/rmt-statement-on-irish-ferries-commencing-services-on-the-dover-to-calais-route/

Exporters getting to grips with post-Brexit processes, ‘but new pains loom’

The freight industry has disputed government claims that the UK has avoided the post-Brexit “worst case scenario” of supply chain breakdown and long queues to the port of Dover.  
Reports emerged over the weekend that government believed the country had mitigated threats of major border chaos around ports, including Dover, with a Cabinet spokesperson suggesting latest data shows freight flows between the UK and EU were “back to normal.  
“This has been possible thanks to the hard work put in by...

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To avoid delays, UK truckers need negative Covid tests before they reach Kent

The UK government has urged hauliers bound for France via Dover to get their Covid-19 tests before they reach Kent.
Under French regulations, drivers arriving in the country from the UK must present a negative Covid-19 test taken within the last 72 hours.
Department for Transport under-secretary Rachel MacLean today wrote to haulage representatives to share concerns that cross-Channel freight delays could worsen if hauliers did not get tested earlier in their …

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Other UK ports could relieve pressure on the Channel, but ‘Dover can handle it’

The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has urged UK and European shippers and freight forwarders to consider using alternative home ports post-Brexit to avoid potential congestion at Dover and on the roads in its immediate hinterland.
It released a report today claiming there is a considerable amount of unused capacity on the UK east coast for shippers and forwarders to switch freight flows from the cross-Channel ferry services centred on Dover.
The …

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Ireland faces devastating blow after its failure on ferry services to Europe

Being a hostage to fortune is never a good place to be, and unfortunately that looks like the short-term future for Ireland’s exporters to Europe, dependent on the British landbridge, who can expect to pay a particularly heavy price for the UK’s botched Brexit preparations. Some 150,000 Irish trucks transit the UK a year to Europe, carrying around €18bn in exports. Expectations of huge queues of trucks leading to Dover …

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RMT demands Government action to stop P&O using Covid-19 crisis to axe UK seafarer jobs andexploit overseas workers

Mick Cash

RMT demands Government action to stop P&O using Covid-19 crisis to axe UK seafarer jobs and exploit overseas workers

P&O FERRIES Union RMT today raised alarm over P&O’s plans to replace directly employed, full time UK seafarers on the Pride of Hull with agency crew from the Philippines on rates of pay below the National Minimum Wage and for contracts that require 12 hour days, 7 days a week for up to 6 months.

RMT general secretary, Mick Cash said:

“Rather than working with the unions to...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/29/rmt-demands-government-action-to-stop-po-using-covid-19-crisis-to-axe-uk-seafarer-jobs-andexploit-overseas-workers/

UK north-east ports may be market share winners from Brexit

Last month’s announcement that Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest a further £33m (US$39m) to upgrade Immingham Container Terminal, future-proofing the facility and extending its footprint, is the latest sign that the UK north-east will play an even greater role in post-Brexit logistics.
The news follows a period of continued growth in container volumes across the east coast deepwater ports, including Hull, Immingham and PD Ports-owned Teesport.
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Jane Simpson joins Dover Harbour Board

Infrastructure development expert Jane Simpson (pictured above) has been appointed to the Dover Harbour Board, the body that runs the port of Dover.
Ms Simpson was most recently head of capital delivery for Severn Trent Water and previously worked for Network Rail, where she was chief engineer.
Dover Harbour Board chairman Richard Everitt said: “I am delighted to welcome Jane Simpson to the board. With her background in infrastructure and engineering, alongside …

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