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Thursday, 28 May 2020

The Telegraph

• 'Illegal' £35m state aid for ferries faces legal challenge [subscription]The Department for Transport faces a juidical review over its bailout to protect ferry routes for freight during the pandemic

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• New driver-free freight ferry terminal open for business in TilburyTilbury2’s brand new unaccompanied* freight ferry terminal opened for business this week at a vital time for the UK’s freight industry. The 500,000-unit freight-only facility will inject state-of-the-art capacity into the country’s ports sector by utilising a truck driver-free operation* at a time when infection control is uppermost in everyone’s minds. [*Unaccompanied - freight transported into the UK without truck drivers] After a year of construction, led by construction giants GRAHAM, the country’s newest and largest unaccompanied freight roll on/roll off (ro-...

Other News Sources

• UK faces judicial challenge over state aid for ferriesCobelfret affiliate CLdN is reportedly mounting a legal challenge to state aid Britain has made available to ferry companies during the coronavirus pandemic