British government awards post-Brexit freight contracts worth £77.6m to four ferry companies

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The government said the arrangement will ensure vital supplies continue to be delivered to the UK whatever the outcome of negotiations.

Image: PA Image: PA FOUR FERRY COMPANIES in the UK have been handed government contracts worth a total of £77.6 million to provide post-Brexit freight capacity.

This will ensure that vital medical supplies and other critical goods “continue to be smoothly delivered into the UK whatever the outcome of negotiations with the EU”, the DfT said. Then-transport secretary Chris Grayling faced calls to resign last year after handing a £14 million contract to Seaborne Freight to run post-Brexit freight services, despite the firm having no ships or trading history.

 

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