UK forwarders and shippers who route cargo through the port of Felixstowe will be unable to return empty containers to the port until at least 23 September.

The UK’s largest container port continues to grapple with crippling congestion.

Maersk told customers today it would “temporarily cease acceptance of empty container restitution at the port of Felixstowe”.

But it added: “We will allow inland restitution of empty containers without penalty.”

CMA CGM has also placed a ban on empties going to Felixstowe and has requested ...

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