News / Clogged-up Felixstowe's empties now clogging up London Gateway

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London Gateway has shut its gates to some empty container flows after receiving a deluge of boxes diverted from Felixstowe, which had similar problems earlier in the week.

However, today, Felixstowe is set to again accept empties for Maersk and Evergreen, although it was unclear if that also applies to CMA CGM.

“CMA now been shut out from Felixstowe, hauliers are having real problems knowing where there is space to return empties – I have one of my hauliers charging me £500 ...