Shops warn of Christmas shortages after container port at Felixstowe becomes clogged

Christmas logjam! Shops warn of festive stock shortages after Britain’s biggest container port at Felixstowe becomes clogged up with 11,000 PPE containers 30% of container space at Port of Felixstowe is taken up by Government’s PPE The Government is understood to have nowhere else to store it, sources claim Another issue at Felixtowe is a massive … Read more

Larry Emdur & wife Sylvie list their stunning $2.15M shipping container home as a holiday rental

Larry Emdur and his wife Sylvie have listed their stunning $2.15million shipping container home as a holiday rental. The pair are now offering city slickers the chance of a country escape at their eco-friendly pad, called Sky Ridge, which is located in Kangaroo Valley in the NSW Southern Highlands. The ultra-modern property is available for bookings … Read more

Bachelorette Elly Miles reveals she was once forced to relieve herself in a Chinese food container

Did you really have to share? New Bachelorette Elly Miles reveals she once did a ‘grog bog’ inside a Chinese food container in jaw-dropping interview… hours ahead of the show’s long-awaited premiere By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:13 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 07:14 BST, 7 October 2020 She’s all set … Read more

Felixstowe container backlog costs some small firms thousands of pounds

One of the world’s largest shipping lines has brought in a $150 per container surcharge on cargo passing through the Port of Felixstowe as it continues to struggle with delays and staff shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. French transporter CMA CGM, which has been dealing with a cyber-attack since the end of September, introduced the … Read more

Felixstowe container chaos spells crisis for UK importers

Thousands of British businesses which rely on transporting and selling imported goods face a potential crisis as Britain’s busiest freight port reportedly buckles under the coronavirus pandemic and a host of other problems, This is Money can reveal. Shipping crates have been piling up on the dockside at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, with … Read more

Tabby cat survives in shipping container for TWO MONTHS

Footage shows moment 12-year-old tabby cat is released from TWO MONTHS inside a shipping container after being rescued when workers hear his pitiful mewing Monty, 12, was rescued after a building contractor heard mewing cries Owner Beverley Chapman said she thought the tabby had been there for 8 weeks Cat is thought to have survived … Read more

World’s biggest container vessel HMM Algeciras arrives in the UK for the first time 

That’s a lot of ship! World’s biggest container vessel HMM Algeciras – measuring 1,312ft in length and 200ft in width – arrives in the UK for the first time after port authority spent SIX MONTHS months preparing for its arrival HMM Algeciras arrived in Essex from China via South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium … Read more

Exhaust from commercial container ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean alter cloud composition

Exhaust from container ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean triggers cloud formation and blocks solar energy from reaching the ocean, masking the effects of global warming Researchers analyzed satellite data from a popular shipping route in the Atlantic They found greater cloud cover and more reflected energy from the sun This was caused by clouds that … Read more

Shipping container in Scottish Highlands listed on Airbnb as a £195-a-night ‘bespoke bothy’ 

A converted shipping container in a Highlands beauty spot is being advertised on Airbnb as a £195-a-night ‘bespoke bothy’ (a small mountain refuge that’s usually free to stay in). But the 10ft by 10ft steel box has been branded an ‘eyesore’ on social media and also compared to a ‘prison cell’. The accommodation features a … Read more