News / Congestion fears ease as Europe's ports cope with arrival of delayed vessels

Kyoto Express in Southampton Water

Kyoto Express in Southampton Water

By Mike Wackett

13/02/2024

Container hub ports in North Europe appear be coping well with the arrival of a cluster of ships from Asia, delayed after being re-routed around the African coast.

Fears of a repeat of the severe port and landside congestion that plagued the hubs for months after the Ever Given’s six-day blockage of the Suez Canal in 2021 are so far proving unfounded.

According to Hapag-Lloyd’s latest terminal operations update for North Europe, its hub ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg and Southampton saw yard ...

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