Why should the Irish tax payer cover them against a risk of doing business?
It may seem harsh but the government (and the tax payer) is not responsible for storm damage in a foreign port.
I understand it’s deeply sad and undesirable but the state should not be in the habit of paying out for stuff it’s not responsible for.
Why should the government pay for storm damage in Wales? I can understand how tough it must be for hauliers and drivers but you canr have the Irish government footing the bill unless they are gonna do it everytime and across every single industry.
They should have insurance to cover this
Ive absolutely no information to back up this up, but id image being a truck driver is a tough business to be in
Isn’t this a job for business interruption insurance..
All hauliers will have this.
The same demands are being spouted over here.
It’s the big outfits who are going to sweat and no harm, they spent years cutting rates to the bone and wiping out smaller operators that now if they were to divert traffic to another port, they’d be bankrupt within days from the added diesel cost alone
This might actually be a blessing for the smaller hauliers and independents. They’ll have the flexibility to move trucks to other ports and pick up work along the way
All said, the Irish government and their Welsh counterparts need to have a discussion. A vital piece of infrastructure for our island was let decay by private enterprise (Stena) and we are going to suffer from it
Surely Hauliers or the ports insure against this and they file a claim for damage and lost earnings?
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A pain for some
Human cost? Come on…
Use a longer route and another port?
Why should the Irish tax payer cover them against a risk of doing business?
It may seem harsh but the government (and the tax payer) is not responsible for storm damage in a foreign port.
I understand it’s deeply sad and undesirable but the state should not be in the habit of paying out for stuff it’s not responsible for.
Why should the government pay for storm damage in Wales? I can understand how tough it must be for hauliers and drivers but you canr have the Irish government footing the bill unless they are gonna do it everytime and across every single industry.
They should have insurance to cover this
Ive absolutely no information to back up this up, but id image being a truck driver is a tough business to be in
Isn’t this a job for business interruption insurance..
All hauliers will have this.
The same demands are being spouted over here.
It’s the big outfits who are going to sweat and no harm, they spent years cutting rates to the bone and wiping out smaller operators that now if they were to divert traffic to another port, they’d be bankrupt within days from the added diesel cost alone
This might actually be a blessing for the smaller hauliers and independents. They’ll have the flexibility to move trucks to other ports and pick up work along the way
All said, the Irish government and their Welsh counterparts need to have a discussion. A vital piece of infrastructure for our island was let decay by private enterprise (Stena) and we are going to suffer from it
Surely Hauliers or the ports insure against this and they file a claim for damage and lost earnings?
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