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Freeports idea has wind in its sails

Political momentum is building in favour of freeports, said speakers at a conference organised by the British Ports Association in London on 9 September. Deputy director of maritime policy at the Department for Transport, Rod Paterson told the event, used to launch a new Port Zones UK report, that there was now “a strong political drive” around freeports policy and that shipping and freeports minister Nusrat Ghani “cares very passionately” ... [+]