ACL chief does not rule out UK flag return as ships move to Malta
Chief executive Andrew Abbott praises UK Ship Register for top-quality service as he reluctantly transfers fleet to another flag in the absence of a post-Brexit tax treaty with the EU
The Grimaldi subsidiary will keep a sizeable presence in Liverpool, where a great deal of back office work for the entire group is conducted, and which regularly tops internal polls in terms of productivity, while ACL will also remain one of the port's largest customers, notwithstanding the need to re-flag its ships now that Britain has left the European Union