Last Friday I was delighted to welcome the new Ports Minister and Sussex colleague Nusrat Ghani to Shoreham Harbour to meet Chief Executive Rodney Lunn and the home team as well as representatives from the British Ports Association. Despite the snow and freezing weather we included a boat trip down the eastern canal which is as busy as ever. The port is home to over 1600 jobs and dealing with over 2 million tons of cargo a year is the UK’s number 30 and flourishing.
We had a good discussion about the prospects for British ports post Brexit and the need to use technology to clear cargos as speedily as possible and Shoreham is in a strong position to take advantage of it.