UK Government

Government Package To Save Freight Routes from COVID-19 Effect

  • UK Government announces £17m package to protect freight routes between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
  • New scheme will support ferry operators on 5 routes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • UK government continues to work closely with NI Executive and the aviation industry to agree funding to protect air passenger services between NI and GB.

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Kingdom launched a package so as to protect ferry freight routes. Specifically, the region...

http://mfame.guru/government-package-to-save-freight-routes-from-covid-19-effect/

P&O demands Eurotunnel hands back £33m Brexit ferry settlement

Further calamity has befallen the UK’s Department for Transport. For newspapers, and satirists, Chris Grayling’s ferry contract is the gift that keeps on giving. After Whitehall gave £33m to Eurotunnel in March after the DfT failed to conduct a proper tender process for cross-Channel ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit, P&O wanted a similar payout and now has upped its demands. It wants the £33m given to …

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https://theloadstar.com/po-demands-eurotunnel-hand-back-33m-brexit-ferry-settlement/

UK gov’s guidance about animal trades

UK government announcement:

New guidance has been published on February 20 to ensure import and export trade in animals, animal products, fish, food and feed can continue in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

This guidance will help to minimise disruption for users and allow the continued movement of goods, while helping to maintain our biosecurity, food safety and high standards of animal welfare.

In the event of no deal, to continue to export to the EU we will need to be listed...

https://container-news.com/uk-gov-guidance-about-animal-trades/

Pressure increases on Grayling and ‘illegal’ Seaborne Freight contract

Further allegations have rocked the UK’s Department for Transport, with besieged secretary of state Chris Grayling facing heightened calls to justify awarding Seaborne Freight a contract.
A Whitehall source told The Loadstar the decision to award the start-up a contract “stinks” of high-level ministerial intervention and was a “knowing breach” of legislation.
Suggesting a lack of transparency around the contract, as well as the timing of the announcement (24 December), the source suggested …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/pressure-increases-on-grayling-and-illegal-seaborne-freight-contract/

Seafarers’ union sinks plan for Whitehall to charter post-Brexit ro-ro fleet

The union representing the UK’s seafarers has rubbished plans revealed yesterday that the UK government is considering leasing a fleet of ro-ro ferries to secure vital supply chains, post-Brexit.
Leaked details of Cabinet meeting in which transport secretary Chris Grayling offered a GOOL [government owned or operated logistics] strategy, which included proposals to “buy or lease” ferries or “convert military vessels” if delays to freight traffic in the Dover-Calais corridor prove to be …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/seafarers-union-sinks-plan-whitehall-charter-post-brexit-ro-ro-fleet/

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