Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 8531

Port of Ramsgate

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Ms Polly Billington

LabourEast Thanet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reopening Ramsgate Port to international trade on levels of (a) capacity pressure experienced by (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) other por

Answer

Mike Kane
New commercially viable freight-only or passenger-carrying services from ports have the potential to contribute positively to local, regional and national economies. The scale of impacts upon the economy and employment, upon other ports and upon congestio...

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