U.K. to Spend $137 Million for No-Deal Ferry Routes, BBC Says
- Contracts highlight contingency plans for possible no-deal
- French, Danish, British firms given contracts in recent months
A cross-channel Brittany ferry arrives in Portsmouth docks.
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The U.K. has awarded contracts worth 108 million pounds ($137.2 million) to charter extra ferries for freight shipments between southern England and the rest of Europe in the event that a no-deal Brexit creates bottlenecks at Dover’s port, the BBC said.
Department for Transport officials hired Brittany Ferries of France, Danish shipping firm DFDS and U.K.-based Seaborne Freight for so-called roll-on roll-off ferries to carry about 4,000 extra trucks a week from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole should the U.K. lack a post-Brexit agreement with the European Union, the BBC said.