News / The lull before the 'post-Suez storm' of vessel arrivals at North Europe ports

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The main container ports in North Europe were eerily quiet at the weekend, due to the almost week-long blockage of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given.

But now, an armada of late-running ULCVs is enroute from the Mediterranean, providing an intense challenge for vessel operators to turn ships around as quickly as possible and return them, as well as desperately needed empty equipment, back to Asia.

For example, the 19,273 teu Cosco Shipping Scorpio cleared the canal on 1 April and, with ...