News / Europe import misery grows as congestion drives more services from port to port

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North European importers are facing more vessel diversions as carriers lose patience with congested box terminals and dump their cargo at other ports.

Moreover, shippers are increasingly being asked to pick up the tab for inland on-carriage or relay to destination ports.

2M partners Maersk and MSC have advised their customers they will skip Hamburg on their AE7/Condor loop from Asia for a further four weeks, due to congestion at its Eurogate Terminal.

According to eeSea data, this Loop 4 of the 2M’s ...