An Irish shipping firm that the UK government claimed pulled support from a company contracted to provide ferries in a no-deal Brexit had “no contractual agreement” with the firm, a well-placed source has said. The letter, sent by Mr Tyrell to Mr Grayling on January 18th was published on social media on Saturday after the UK department released its statement. The Tory MP and former business minister Anna Soubry said Mr Grayling “should be quietly considering his position.”Labour MP Andy McDonald, the UK’s shadow transport secretary, called on Mr Grayling to resign. “While Theresa May needs the few friends she has right now, we cannot have this incompetent transport secretary heaping humiliation after humiliation on our country. Arklow Shipping owns and operates a fleet of 55 dry bulk vessels from two bases, its home base in Co Wicklow and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2019 13:18 UTC