a no deal brags that it's slated as an alternative route to avert bottlenecks amid customs chaos in nearby dover. but the plan by transport secretary chris grayling has been sharply criticized the harbor is too shallow to accommodate freight ships it is a fantasy it is what's odd because we improve newport and the emperor in question is chris grayling he cannot see that this port is completely naked of all the facilities you might need to be an international. the harbor is as ill prepared for the freight service as the company awarded the contract to run it not only has it never operated a ferry service it doesn't have ships steve coombs and his action group discovered that some time ago as the transport secretary insists that's not a problem the government is testing other no deal scenarios alive rehearsal last week this time at ramsgate defunct airport but only eighty nine trucks took part in the trial of an emergency traffic system to avoid congestion in dover