Exclusive: British ports criticise uneven help from state

Representative of major British ports have called for government funding, both in Britain and the rest of Europe, to be distributed more equally between ports.

In a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ports and Maritime this week, the new British ports and maritime minister, Robert Goodwill, was quizzed by representatives of British ports.

David Whitehead, executive director of the British Ports Association, asked: “What is the government’s policy on state aid? Obviously you can’t have unfair state aid to one and the other port doesn’t get it.”