London, UK: The British Ports Association has welcomed the government’s announcements on new Brexit borders funding of £705m to cover infrastructure, systems and staffing.
The British Ports Association, which represents a wide variety of UK port operators, including all the major ferry terminals, has been asking for funding commitments for some time and previously wrote to the Prime Minister outlining its concerns.
Richard Ballantyne, chief executive at the British Ports Association said: “Borders infrastructure of course means there will be some impact on freight and potentially flows of traffic. We are therefore pressing for the pragmatic enforcement of such processes so that trucks and cargo are not held up at our ports.
“Of course there is still a huge amount to prepare for and operators across the freight and logistics sectors will need to understand what will be required and what this will mean for their businesses,” he said.
