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FREIGHT BUSINESS JOURNAL ISSUE 8 2019


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France Ferries are up for Brexit challenge p.15


Four more years for liner block exemption


Tech is no magic bullet for Irish border


Nordic Region Leaf ill spreads the word p.23


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Calais chief executive Jean-Marc Puissesseau has hit out at the UK government’s decision to off er subsidies to ferry companies to operate extra post-Brexit services on certain cross-Channel routes, saying that services at his own port could lose out. He says that the move to off er


up to £87 million-worth of funding for to Brittany Ferries, DFDS,


P&O European Ferries and Stena Line, but not the Dover-Calais operators, would put Calais at a disadvantage. The government argues that


the subsidies are necessary to help keep supplies of medicines and other vital goods on the move in the event of disruption to ports aſt er Brexit. In order to prevent congestion on the main


Port of Tyne is off shore-ready The Port of Tyne says


it making further progress is to


prepare its site for offshore wind manufacturers as round four of the tender process by the Crown Estate for renewable


energy projects nears completion. The port is investing in the


third phase of clearance and remediation of Tyne Dock Enterprise Park which will offer


easy access to deep-sea berths and associated port services. Tyne says it is closer than any other port to seven of the world’s biggest offshore projects - within 100 nautical miles of the


Dogger Bank, Hornsea, Seagreen and Sofia wind farms.


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Dover-Calais route, the additional services would be concentrated on ports such as Teesport, the Humber, Harwich, Felixstowe, Tilbury, Portsmouth and Poole. (P&O’s new Calais-Tilbury


service would presumably qualify for the subsidy, however.) However, Puissesseau says that this disregards the investment made by Calais and its operators. He told FBJ: “We are very dissatisfi ed with the decision by the British government to


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develop other routes, considering the investment we have made in the port of Calais. We have been spending €50 million a year.” The UK government has a


history of problems with ‘Brexit busting ferry contracts. A previous deal, signed ahead of the last Brexit deadline, with Brittany Ferries, DFDS and Seabourne sparked legal action and a successful claim for compensation for the UK government from Eurotunnel


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