News / UK DfT snaps up extra ferry capacity to keep freight 'flowing smoothly' post-Brexit

PD Ports' Teesport. Photograph: Stuart Boulton.
PD Ports' Teesport. Photograph: Stuart Boulton.
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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 ...

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