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News / Furore over Brexit ferry contract at Ramsgate is 'overblown nonsense'

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“Brexit tribalism” is at the heart of the furore surrounding the UK government’s decision to award Seaborne Freight a contract for ro-ro services in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

A media storm  broke last week with news that the start-up had been awarded a £13.8m ...

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  • Gunther Ginckels

    January 03, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    When politicians merge their incompetence with their mental state of denial and ignorance. Guarantee for a mess to which the UK politicians will finger point as usual to the EU.

  • Loadsa

    January 03, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    I had hoped that by turning to a specialist trade journal I would get some insight into this issue. However your article full of conflicting unnamed sources really adds very little.
    Could you follow up with some detailed information from named industry insiders who actually know what is going on at Ramsgate (or at Mansell Street, London).

    • Col

      January 06, 2019 at 1:17 pm

      No one knows what’s going on. I live in Ramsgate and there has been no notification to any of us that our small port is about to be invaded by 3000 plus lorries a day. The infrastructure was never there in the first place and the environmental impact hasn’t been assessed. This is pure Tory mismanagement.

  • Lee

    January 04, 2019 at 8:52 pm

    Brexit tribalism. Ah that old chestnut. Becoming as old as a conker tree.

    Most people in Thanet are aware of the years of dubious goings on at the Port of Ramsgate conducted by the leader of the Council and especially its senior officers of which the Seaborne Freight debacle is just a part.

    Suggest the writer read through the relevant information in this blog:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/963579693754088/

    And familiarise themselves with the goings on including the allegations mentioned over the last 18 months.

    We await your comments.

    PS. Q1. As the difficult geology of the sea bed will take a zig zag crossing from Ramsgate to Ostend at least 4.5 hours each way at a minimum of 22 knots, how do you achieve 24 sailings a day with the contracted 3 Ferries?

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