#Rotterdam Port CEO ’preparing for the worst’ with #Brexit
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-rotterdam/rotterdam-port-ceo-preparing-for-the-worst-with-brexit-idUSKCN1G01D3
The Port of Rotterdam is bracing for a British exit from the European Union without any deal on customs, and looking at measures such as hiring 100 extra customs agents and dozens of fresh produce inspectors.
CEO Allard Castelein said he had had two meetings in the past week with “policy makers, the cabinet, the government and supporting officials about the consequences” of a so-called “hard” Brexit, which would move Britain away from EU rules.
“If you have 407 days left, then you don’t have time to embrace hypotheses that it will turn out pretty good in the end,” he told reporters. Britain is due to exit the EU on March 29, 2019.
“Let the government negotiate for the best, we are preparing for the worst.”