Holyhead, on Anglesey, is the busiest roll-on-roll-off port in the UK after Dover, with 400,000 trucks a year passing through on the way to and from Dublin. Supermarkets on both sides of sea get same day delivery of perishable goods via the Welsh port Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the GuardianThe assembly’s external affairs and additional legislation committee called for transition arrangements to protect Welsh ports. That is a fear shared by the UK Chamber of Shipping (UKCS), which represents 140 shipping companies. Industry leaders have already warned that Brexit could choke roads around the Kent port, through which 2.5m lorries pass each year. Nobody is going to buy land on a contingency plan until we know what the Brexit deal is like,” said Reardon.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 06:00 UTC