Four ferry firms have landed government contracts worth a total of £77.6m to provide post-Brexit freight capacity.

Seaborne Freight was infamously given a £13.8m contract to run ferry services by the then-transport secretary.

Portsmouth and Dover have done what they can to prepare for no deal but say latest funding will make no difference

But experts have warned that the deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a "tight" timeframe.

Chris Grayling was warned he faced a multimillion-pound legal payout over the sourcing of no-deal Brexit ferry services, the spending watchdog has revealed.

Transport secretary scraps further deals made to ensure imports under a no-deal Brexit. / The ferry contracts signed to ensure critical imports could reach the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit have been cancelled, costing taxpayers a further £50m.

Further embarrassment heaped on beleaguered transport secretary, who has faced repeated calls to quit over the controversy. / The no-deal Brexit ferries fiasco will cost taxpayers an extra £50m after transport secretary Chris Grayling axed all the controversial contracts.

P&O Ferries is suing the government over its £33m settlement with Eurotunnel, in the latest controversy over the Department for Transport’s fraught no-deal Brexit preparations.

The government will pay £33m to Eurotunnel in an agreement to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The government is facing a court challenge over the contracts it awarded to three shipping firms as part of its no-deal Brexit preparations.

'It would not be possible to compete procurement and make it operational for 29 March' senior department for transport official tells MPs

A controversial ferry contract awarded to a company with no ships as part of no-deal Brexit plans has been scrapped, the government has said.

The government plans to pay a law firm £800,000 for advice in case Eurotunnel decides to sue over the effects of Brexit on its business.

The European Commission (EC) has been urged to investigate the UK government over no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. Scottish MEP Alyn Smith (SNP) has written to the EC requesting an investigation into the procurement process that led the UK government to directly award three ferry contracts totalling £107m, including a £13.8m contract to new business Seaborne Freight.

Ramsgate Port will not be ready in time to welcome extra ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a councillor for the area fears.

The company awarded a multi-million-pound government contract to run ferries in the event of a no-deal Brexit appears to have “copied and pasted” a key section of its website from a takeaway outlet.

Seaborne Freight's terms and conditions tell customers to give correct address 'for the delivery driver' and check goods 'before agreeing to pay for any meal/order'

The money will pay for "extra capacity" but the move has been slammed as "madness".

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has defended the government's choice of a UK company with no ships as one of the providers of extra ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Concerns raised over Seaborne Freight, which won a £13.8m contract to operate a Ramsgate to Ostend route.