News / Delays at Felixstowe push Hamburg Süd to switch services to Southampton

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Problems continue to plague the UK’s major container gateway of Felixstowe – Hamburg Süd has announced it will begin diverting ships because of the delays.

For the next five weeks, the German carrier’s NESM and NETU services will call at Southampton instead.

Hamburg Süd said: “The on-going IT problems at the port of Felixstowe have resulted low productivity, and this has caused significant vessel delays.

“As a result, a contingency plan is being implemented to reduce disruption caused to business and ensure we’re able to ...