News / Entrepreneurial retailers help keep their shelves stocked by 'going ad hoc'

06/12/2021

UK retailers have been mitigating the dearth of export capacity on offer from Asia for the main container hubs of Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway by chartering space from ad-hoc providers for discharge at smaller ports.

Moreover, with thousands of containers packed with Christmas goods stranded ...

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