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Chris
September 27, 2018 at 3:52 pmso its back to the good old days then?
I’ll bet the ports still offering much better than the 6+ hour turnaround times haulies often had to work with?
Mike Wackett
September 28, 2018 at 2:34 pmAt the port yes Chris, because of VBS, but can you get a VBS booking? Some guys are telling me that the wait time is 14 days – and then they are getting stung for quay rent!