Brexit sails from one storm in a port to another: want to talk about it?

John Paxton Sheriff |

The decision by the UK’s Department for Transport earlier this week to cancel the contracts awarded to DFDS and Brittany Ferries to run a series of extra cross-channel ro-ro sailings after 29 March – the date the UK was due to leave the EU – brings to an end another sorry, chaotic chapter in a story depressingly full of them.

The original strategy of the government in securing some extra vessel capacity, should UK-bound supply chains face crippling congestion in the ...