News in Brief Podcast | Week 48 | Port ‘musical chairs’, rates and MSC u-turn
In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte ...
Ports across the UK have been invited to submit bids for freeport status in the post-Brexit environment, but there are warnings over ambiguities in the strategy.
Speaking to an International Trade Committee hearing yesterday, CEO of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Chris Starkie said the strategy needed to be honed.
“The policy is not entirely clear, other than that it is offering freeport status to 10 ports. But what is it looking for, the biggest 10? These may not be the ...
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