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Old 28-01-19, 09:50 PM   #291
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Default Re: Quote of the day (sorry, Brexit related)

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles View Post
P&O European Ferries (Dover) have already(last month) transferred two of their six cross channel ferries from the British registry to Cyprus. The othe four will follow shortly,before March29 anyway.No big deal in itself but indicative of the drip drip effect of brexit as numerous companies transfer bits of their commercial activity out of the UK. Shame that our great country is being dragged down by this madness.
Maybe they are making a political point, but there are commercial reasons to flag out, as it can reduce your operating costs, as the Cypriot flag state controls and regulations are less stringent than the UK flag state controls. It also means they can use foreign crews to do the work of UK crew.

Stena and DFDS already use Fillipino crew on their ferries, so their labour costs are lower. It's a cut throat business, so every penny counts. Brexit might have been a good excuse to flag out?

As for Seaborne freight, I'd be surprised if they can find any ships to run their services!
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