News / Arklow Shipping was backing Seaborne, laying plans for no-deal ferry services

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As lawyers for the UK government and cross-Channel fixed link operator Eurotunnel met in the High Court to determine whether the government acted illegally in its award of £100m-plus contracts to three ferry companies to provide extra vessel capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Department for Transport has released correspondence in a bid to ease the pressure on secretary of state Chris Grayling.

Mr Grayling was widely criticised by political opponents and analysts after the DfT confirmed it ...