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<p><strong>Under-fire Seaborne Freight has launched its first sea trials ahead of easing Britain's transport crisis in the event of a no deal Brexit.</strong></p>
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<p>The company, which won a £13 million Government contract from Chris Grayling, despite having no ships, ports or even a website, has moved quickly to prove it is ready for business.</p>
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<p>The nation's media was invited to the Port of Ramsgate in Kent today to view the first container being put on Seaborne Freight's flagship ferry.</p>
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<p>At 1pm the shipment left Kent en route to Ostend in Belgium, where it was expect by sometime next week, if the wind is in the right direction.</p>
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<p>The sturdy wooden vessel should not sink given the better weather conditions expected from March.</p>
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<p>Seaborne Freight was controversially awarded the contract after fears grew that the M20 could get overwhelmed by lorries unable to move swiftly through Dover after Brexit.</p>
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<p>The idea was to divert some of that traffic to the new service from Ramsgate.</p>
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<p>Seaborne Freight bosses have moved to show they are more than ready with their new £13 million.</p>
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<p>Insider Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "Today's departure of one container on our bespoke cross-channel vessel shows how prepared we are."</p>
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<p>She added: "We expect to have another boat like this before Britain tumbles out of the EU in March, so really everyone needs to calm down. We've got it all under control."</p>
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