News / Seafarers' union sinks plan for Whitehall to charter post-Brexit ro-ro fleet

Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson

The union representing the UK’s seafarers has rubbished plans revealed yesterday that the UK government is considering leasing a fleet of ro-ro ferries to secure vital supply chains, post-Brexit.

Leaked details of Cabinet meeting in which transport secretary Chris Grayling offered a GOOL [government owned or operated logistics] strategy, which included proposals to “buy or lease” ferries or “convert military vessels” if delays to freight traffic in the Dover-Calais corridor prove to be as extreme as some have predicted in the event of ...