News / UK ports need outside help as containers pile up by the thousand

The new container storage facility at Marchwood

Overflow container stacks continue to proliferate around the UK as the logistics industry scrambles to tackle the growing congestion hitting supply chains.

The Loadstar reported this week how stacks of containers had begun to pop up near Felixstowe, and it appears similar moves are under way around Southampton.

Local haulage firm SJG Group and port operator Solent Gateway, which operates the Marchwood military port across the bay from Southampton’s container terminal, entered into partnership in early September after it noticed increasing late ...