Northern French ports ready to ease congestion from any Brexit fallout

LONDON (Reuters) - Smaller ports in northern France are ready to absorb more shipping traffic from Britain if congestion builds up due to any fallout from Brexit, a top French official said on Wednesday.The Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) currently owns and operates Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham terminals and will take on operating Dieppe nearby in 2019. "We can accept more (traffic) and we would like to accept more if there is congestion on the east side of the UK," Philippe Deiss, managing..