The UK minister who awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a ferry company with no ships is back with a lucrative ports job.

Former transport secretary Chris Grayling has landed a £100,000 ($130,000)-per-year position as an advisor to Hutchison Ports, which operates Harwich and Felixstowe in eastern England, among other terminals.

The BBC cited the parliamentary register of MPs' interests as revealing he will be paid for seven hours' work per week over the next year.