{"id":6037,"date":"2019-01-06T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ramsgate-can-not-be-ready-for-brexit-ferries\/"},"modified":"2019-01-06T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T11:19:02","slug":"ramsgate-can-not-be-ready-for-brexit-ferries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ramsgate-can-not-be-ready-for-brexit-ferries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramsgate ‘can not be ready’ for Brexit ferries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Port of Ramsgate “can not be ready” for extra ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the councillor for the harbour area.<\/p>\n

Seaborne Freight has been given a \u00a313.8m contract to run a freight service between Ramsgate and Ostend in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n

However, Conservative councillor Beverly Martin says the harbour can not be ready by Brexit on 29 March.<\/p>\n

The government said facilities will be open “as soon as practicable”.<\/p>\n

In a statement the Department for Transport said that “works are underway”. <\/p>\n

Ramsgate has not had a regular ferry service since 2013.<\/p>\n

Seaborne’s contract was one of three awarded to ease “severe congestion” at Dover, in the case of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n

The contingency plans allow for almost 4,000 more lorries a week to come and go from other ports, including Plymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth.<\/p>\n

In total the contracts are worth \u00a3103m.<\/p>\n

“From local knowledge, there is terrific concern that we [Ramsgate Port] can not possibly by ready. There isn’t the width or the breadth of the berths that is needed to carry large ships,” the councillor said.<\/p>\n

“I don’t see how, with the state of the harbour and the port and the number of repairs that are needed that it could be ready.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Martin also said there had been no contact with the council about opening the harbour for larger freight ships. <\/p>\n

“We didn’t have any notification of any this at our council meeting on 6 December. Why not? This is my ward. I have not had a single email from anybody.”<\/p>\n

“If someone can show me how the due diligence was carried out, if someone can show me evidence on paper I shall feel a lot more comfortable,” she told the BBC’s Broadcasting House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Department for Transport said it had been in dialogue with Thanet County Council, which owns the port, for a couple years, and dismissed allegations that local residents had not been consulted as “complete nonsense”.<\/p>\n

Seaborne’s deal to run freight services from Ramsgate has been criticised as the company has never run a ferry service and does not own any ships.<\/p>\n

Last week the company was ridiculed for using terms and conditions on its website apparently intended for a takeaway food firm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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