That’s one long journey! Container ship the Ever Given waits off the Suffolk coast as it prepares to dock in Felixstowe more than four months after it blocked the Suez Canal The Ever Given is preparing to dock in UK months after blocking the Suez Canal Originally, the container ship was due to dock in Suffolk … Read more
Government stores of nearly 10,000 containers of PPE have been racking up fees of around £1million a day as they sit in high-rate storage on the quay at Felixstowe port. Around 11,000 containers full of PPE were being kept in the Suffolk port yard last week attracting sky-high fees, despite a continued lack of protection equipment … Read more
British businesses which sell and transport imported goods are facing spiralling costs of thousands of pounds and delays to their shipments as global problems continue to affect Britain’s biggest container port. It comes after This is Money first revealed problems at the port in September, with companies reporting of delays receiving containers. A surge in … Read more
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
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
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