The British Ports Association has today published a toolkit for ports and maritime businesses to maximise their commercial opportunities and consider new marketing tactics. Within the last 18 months, Brexit and Covid-19 successive lock-downs have challenged in many ways the Ports & Maritime sector. In addition, decarbonisation, automation and digitalisation trends are transforming the business .
The UK’s Q1 2021 port freight statistics from the Department for Transport released today provide further insight into what was a tough start to the year for the economy, with a national lockdown enduring for the full quarter and UK and EU businesses getting to grips with Brexit. When comparing January to March 2021 with .
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By Rebecca Ricks
image captionScientists say some abandoned boats pose a risk to the environment
It s been called the fly-tipping of the maritime world. Hundreds of plastic boats are dumped on foreshores and tidal creeks around Devon and Cornwall. The problem is costing authorities thousands of pounds, harming the environment and can be seen from space but dealing with it has, in some cases, become torturous .
Sinking into the mud of Hooe Lake the 65ft (20m) former fishing boat, Dignity , sheds her toxic paint into the sediment.
She is just one of hundreds of boats to lie abandoned on the shores and tidal creeks of Devon and Cornwall posing a risk to the environment.