Honda halts production at its Swindon plant due to shortage of car parts after chaos at ports made worse by Covid – with hauliers blaming new booking system and lack of shipping containers Honda Civic factory in Swindon has temporarily paused production from today Disruption at the Port of Felixstowe has caused delays for car-giants … Read more
Santa Pause! Toy shops struggle to fulfil Christmas orders because UK ports are blocked by mountains of PPE Backlog of scooters, Barbie dolls and toy castles built up at Felixstowe in Suffolk Thousands of containers of PPE were slow to move from the docks, reports say The congestion that followed encouraged ships to divert to European … Read more
UK ports owner splashes out on a £350m upgrade ahead of Brexit and the return of cruises Associated British Ports (ABP) has spent £250m on improving infrastructure Another £50m has been spent on overhauling the firm’s container terminals And ABP is splashing out £50m on a cruise ship terminal in Southampton By City & Finance … Read more
Business chiefs have warned of the risk of widespread disruption at Channel ports after Brexit because new IT systems set up to handle the transit of more than 17,000 goods a day will not work. Preparations for checks on goods entering and leaving the UK from Kent are likely to cause widespread chaos with the … Read more
Bahamas closes all airports and ports to American visitors – but tourists from other countries including Britain are still allowed Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis made the announcement in his national address He said that he will be shutting down all airports and seaports from Wednesday The move comes after the country reported 15 new … Read more
The world’s most breathtaking ports: The ultimate list of places with wonderful waterfronts, from America to Australia via Italy and Norway This series of scintillating snaps will take you on a maritime journey around the globe Some of the ports are framed by soaring skyscrapers, others by rolling snow-covered mountains Dubrovnik, Portloe in Cornwall, Marina … Read more