Captain Haddock wrote:Thought it was Thanet District Council who got hit for compensation?
AFAIK DHB have always claimed they don't have a suitable link span for the sheep boat which uses Ramsgate + carrying companies refuse to take live animal exports though somehow quite happy to take racehorses and breeding stock.
"This Council opposes the resumption of the export of live animals to continental Europe from the port of Dover, despite widespread opposition from the British public and resolves to lobby the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to amend the outdated Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 in order to allow port authorities in the UK the right to refuse the use of its port to any ship involved in such activities. The Council also resolves to lobby Dover Harbour Board to grant RSPCA inspectors access to the port and inspect any future shipments of live animals to the Continent."
