Brexit spat explodes: Angry French fishermen fire ‘warning shot’ and block Calais and Channel Tunnel November 26, 2021 Fishermen in northern France blocked the port of Calais earlier today, thereby preventing two ferries arriving from England to enter the harbour. Multiple trawlers forced the DFDS and P&O ferries to slow down and wait outside the port, the biggest entry point to the continent for British goods. The two vessels, carrying dozens of trucks [...]
Traffic chaos and road closures across Kent as queue of Dover lorries on M20 swells to staggering 25 miles April 7, 2022 A 25-mile coastbound stretch of the M20 is currently closed from junction eight near Maidstone to junction 11 around Westenhanger to store thousands of lorries heading for the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel as part of so-called Operation Brock. The queue is causing chaos on surrounding local roads with traffic on major routes in Kent [...]
Gove expects Brexit delays at the border with France and Ireland to worsen January 8, 2021 Gove expects Brexit delays at the border with France and Ireland to worsen
Irish Ferries enters Dover to Calais ferry market March 26, 2021 Irish Ferries has this morning announced a new Dover to Calais service, its first foray into the Britain to France market. As a result of the new route, the firm said that hauliers would now have the option of using a single ferry firm connecting France, the UK, and Ireland. It added that the additional [...]
Four ferry firms sign £80m post-Brexit freight deal October 13, 2020 Four ferry firms have signed contracts with the Department for Transport (DfT) worth a combined £77.6m to provide freight services after Brexit. Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O and Stena Line will between them provide extra capacity for the equivalent of 3,000 heavy goods vehicles a week. The new contracts will ensure that vital medical supplies and other [...]
UK readies for no-deal Brexit with fresh freight plans June 29, 2019 The government is asking transport firms to make an offer to provide extra freight capacity that would be used in the event of a no-deal Brexit at the end of October. More than £85m was wasted in the lead up to the initial date the UK was due to leave the EU following a rushed [...]
UK awards no-deal Brexit ferry contracts worth £87m October 12, 2019 The government has awarded contracts to several ferry companies to transport medicines in the even of a no-deal Brexit. Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O and Stena Line are those in line to deliver supplies from 31 October after being awarded contracts worth £86.6m. Read more: Brexit tunnel talks: What you need to know The contracts will [...]
Watchdog warns of ‘real risk’ of repeat to no-deal Brexit ferry fiasco July 10, 2019 The government could waste even more taxpayer money due to its lack of preparation for a no-deal Brexit, a top watchdog has warned, after the Department for Transport (DfT) blew £85m on botched ferry contracts. The DfT’s lack of preparation risks cornering the government into further high-risk procurement contracts, parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said [...]
P&O Ferries sues government for £33m over Eurotunnel settlement fallout May 28, 2019 P&O Ferries is suing the government for £33m over its decision to settle a challenge against its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. P&O wants the government to cancel the £33m it paid out to rival operator Eurotunnel, which challenged the Department for Transport's (DfT) decision to award a contract for ferries in a no-deal Brexit to [...]
UK to spend £108m on ferries to prepare for no-deal Brexit December 29, 2018 The UK is planning to spend £108m on extra ferries to ease potential congestion at Dover in the event of a no-deal Brexit. French, Danish and British companies have been awarded the ferry contracts over the last few months, BBC News reported, which will allow almost 4,000 extra lorries a week to operate at other [...]