FREEPORT STATUS

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FREEPORT STATUS

Postby teesships » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:18 pm

Teesside and Humber port regions announced as among eight new freeport areas in budget today.

BBC news item about this at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55819489

I won't claim to understand all the implications but hopefully can generally be regarded as good news for the ports concerned.

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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby Hornbeam » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:02 pm

Hopefully it will encourage shippers to use the Tees and the Humber rather than clogging up Dover, the Tees and the Humber were/still are? Class A Ports, Ron@?
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby teesships » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:23 pm

Local newspaper report which doesn't add anything to what we already know: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tees ... MdOtV5bbTI

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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby Hornbeam » Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:35 am

Ron, we could do with another RoRo Terminal beside the River rather than in the Dock. Ron@?
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby northeast » Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:17 am

You've had Boris and Rishi, what more could you want? :lol:
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby Hornbeam » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:06 am

Not forgetting our superb Mayor Mr Houchen who is going to completely change the face of the South Bank of the Tees at some point in the future, if he doesn't hurry up the scrap thieves will have the whole Works dismantled in no time even taking away the Security notices as souvenirs :D
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby northeast » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:19 am

Reminds me of the time when we knew they had set up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme on North Hull Estate ... all our signs disappeared :x
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby teesships » Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:35 pm

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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

Postby Hornbeam » Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:14 pm

Private Eye will always have a Jaundiced view no matter what the subject matter is Ron, most of our "British" Companies are owned by Johnnie Foreigner including the Chinese who seem to have a foot in most of the land masses in the World that is the downside, the upside is that hopefully ' British' Companies Pension Schemes have been invested in these Companies, well barring for Chinese of course but in saying that a lot of British Companies have their manufacturing base there like Dyson who shut his Plant down in Malmesbury (barring for his design offices) putting his loyal workers who built up his company on the Pancrack and moved there only to find and moan that just up the road in China companies were making exact copies of his products and selling them a lot cheaper, now I understand that he has bought a large part of the old RAF Hullavington Airfield and is switching back there. Hopefully his former loyal workforce have found good jobs in the meantime and give him the elbow he deserves. Mind you he does own a lovely Motor Yacht ( just so there is no thread drift away from maritime matters :) ) Ron@?
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Re: FREEPORT STATUS

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