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The UK Department for Transport (DfT) awarded three contracts in December for additional shipping freight capacity, required in the event of a no-deal Brexit, direct to providers without running an open EU competitive process.
Brexit ferry fiasco costs taxpayers another £50m after Grayling cancels no-deal contracts
01/05/2019
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.
Seaborne Freight was infamously given a £13.8m contract to run ferry services by the then-transport secretary.
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.
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.
The government is facing a court challenge over the contracts it awarded to three shipping firms as part of its no-deal Brexit preparations.
Ferry company awarded £13.8m government contract despite having no ships 'copied and pasted parts of website from takeaway outlet'
03/01/2019
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'
Four ferry firms have landed government contracts worth a total of £77.6m to provide post-Brexit freight capacity.
Government admits it has 'run out of time' to find ships to bring emergency supplies after no-deal
13/02/2019
'It would not be possible to compete procurement and make it operational for 29 March' senior department for transport official tells MPs
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.
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.
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.
UK Govt say #SeaborneFreight contract awarded outwith normal procurement rules because of “extreme urgency” brought about by “unforeseeable events”. But Minister confirms #NoDeal #Brexit was foreseen ages ago & can’t say what unforeseen events were #ferrygate
The money will pay for "extra capacity" but the move has been slammed as "madness".
Concerns raised over Seaborne Freight, which won a £13.8m contract to operate a Ramsgate to Ostend route.
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.
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 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: Ramsgate Port 'Will Not Be Ready In Time For No-Deal Brexit', Says Councillor
06/01/2019
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.
UK plans £3m no-deal medicine transport
07/07/2019
But experts have warned that the deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a "tight" timeframe.
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.
Portsmouth and Dover have done what they can to prepare for no deal but say latest funding will make no difference
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