News / 10,000 empty Hanjin containers stuck at Felixstowe as congestion returns

04/10/2016

The UK’s biggest container port has seen a recent return of landside congestion, leading to a temporary ban on empty container restitution, rail move caps and its biggest customer looking at alternative routes.

Last week, MSC took the rare step of advising customers it was taking ...

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jason
October 04, 2016 at 2:02 pm
Well serve the port right, charging £ 460.00 per container multiplied by 10000 containers = £4,600,00.00 and they have all Hanjins containers.
I doubt Hanjin owed Hutchinson Felixstowe. We hope liners move to London Gateway or Southampton , much better ports.

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Andy Lane
October 04, 2016 at 2:27 pm
A text book case of short term versus longer term strategy.

It is fully understandable and natural that PoF would wish to recoup through retaining Hanjin’s empty containers the money which they are owed. So that deals with the short-term.

When such a “strategy” impacts your sustainable Customers (2M), and risk increases that they re-locate away some volumes, the longer term strategy has not been considered.

An Alliance only needs a single terminal/port when a lot of transhipment cargo is involved. For gateways to hinterlands, there is very limited inefficiency in having two or more terminals/ports.

The guys at DPW must be smiling like Cheshire cats right now 🙂

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Mike
October 05, 2016 at 11:31 am
Liverpool has a nice new deep water dock waiting to be used…

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