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North Europe’s container ports have found it challenging to cope with higher than expected cargo flows in the first six months of the year, and that is likely to continue after the latest forecast from Global Port Tracker’s (GPT) North Europe Trade Outlook predicted a 7% increase in total imports this year compared to 2013, coupled with a 3.8% rise in exports.

In 2013 there was a modest year-on-year growth of 2.2% for imports and 1.6% for exports so this spike ...

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