News / Taxpayer-funded additional ferries for 'no-deal' Brexit already running

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Additional ferry services laid on for a no-deal Brexit have begun operating, despite the fact that the UK has not yet left the EU, and the government is hastily trying to recoup its investment.

Late last year, Brittany Ferries and DFDS, alongside the ill-fated Seaborne Freight, were contracted by the Department for Transport (DfT) to provide extra capacity from 29 March to offset any disruption from the expected resumption of customs checks in a no-deal Brexit.

However, following the government’s failure to ...