Shipping: Brexit

(asked on 18th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what designated maritime routes into and out of the United Kingdom have been established on what dates since the UK left the European Union.


Answered by
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 20th October 2023

Between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, ships' routeing measures adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for navigation and safety purposes, such as traffic separation schemes, operators and vessels are able to traverse any area of sea, or set up longer term regular routes where suitable market demand exists.

Ferry routes are developed on a commercial basis by private sector operators in order to provide services that meet wider passenger or freight demands. Government would not ordinarily expect to be involved in such decisions, or privy to operator business planning, and as such cannot provide formal details on ferry routes under development.

In the period following 31 December 2020 we are aware of 5 ferry services that have been established, as set out in table 1:

Table 1

Route

Operator

Date

Tilbury - Calais

DfDS

June 2023

Medway (Sheerness) - Calais

DfDS

June 2021

Dover - Calais

Irish Ferries

June 2021

Teesport - Zeebrugge

CLdN

March 2023

Teesport - Rotterdam

CLdN

March 2023

Table 2 details Ro-Ro (Roll on-Roll off, freight) and Passenger Ferries (Roll on-Roll off freight and passenger) vessels with regular routes (120 times per year), i.e. those that could be considered freight or passenger ferries, between UK and EU/EEA countries:

Table 2

EU/EEA Route (UK port to EU/EEA port)

Destination Country

Vessel Type

Ship operator

North Killingholme-Zeebrugge

Belgium

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

Purfleet-Zeebrugge

Belgium

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

Teesport-Zeebrugge

Belgium

Ro-Ro

P&O Ferries

Tilbury-Zeebrugge

Belgium

Ro-Ro

P&O Ferries

Immingham-Esbjerg

Denmark

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Dover-Calais

France

Pass. Ferries

DFDS

Dover-Calais

France

Pass. Ferries

Irish Ferries

Dover-Calais

France

Pass. Ferries

P&O Ferries

Dover-Dunkirk

France

Pass. Ferries

DFDS

Dover-Dunkirk

France

Pass. Ferries

Irish Ferries

Newhaven-Dieppe

France

Pass. Ferries

DFDS

Plymouth-Roscoff

France

Pass. Ferries

Brittany Ferries

Poole Harbor-Cherbourg

France

Pass. Ferries

DFDS

Poole Harbor-Cherbourg

France

Pass. Ferries

Condor Ferries

Portsmouth-Le Havre

France

Pass. Ferries

Brittany Ferries

Portsmouth-Ouistreham

France

Pass. Ferries

Brittany Ferries

Portsmouth-Ouistreham

France

Pass. Ferries

DFDS Seaways

Sheerness-Calais

France

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

Sheerness-Calais

France

Ro-Ro

DFDS

St Helier Harbor-Saint-Malo

France

Pass. Ferries and Ro-Ro

Condor Ferries

Immingham-Cuxhaven

Germany

Pass. Ferries and Ro-Ro

DFDS

Fishguard-Rosslare

Ireland

Pass. Ferries

Stena Line

Heysham-Dublin

Ireland

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Holyhead-Dublin

Ireland

Pass. Ferries

Irish Ferries

Holyhead-Dublin

Ireland

Pass. Ferries

Stena Line

Liverpool-Dublin

Ireland

Pass. Ferries

P&O Ferries

Liverpool-Dublin

Ireland

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

Liverpool-Dublin

Ireland

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Liverpool-Dublin

Ireland

Ro-Ro

Seatruck Ferries

Pembroke Dock-Rosslare

Ireland

Pass. Ferries

Irish Ferries

Felixstowe-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Harwich-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Pass. Ferries and Ro-Ro

Stena Line

Hull-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Pass. Ferries

P&O Ferries

Immingham-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Immingham-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

Stena Line

London-Vlissingen

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

North Killingholme-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Pass. Ferries

Stena Line

North Killingholme-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

North Shields-Ijmuiden

Netherlands

Pass. Ferries

DFDS

Purfleet-Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ro-Ro

CLdN Ro-Ro SA

Immingham-Gothenburg

Sweden

Ro-Ro

DFDS

Data Source: Sea by Maritech

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