News / Felixstowe congestion could lead to $2bn of stranded imports, says report

Appraisals of the situation at Felixstowe conflicted today – a report warned that some $2bn of imports could be affected at the current rate of congestion, while  Conservative Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden insisted the “backlog” was “improving”.

And he advised Christmas shoppers in the UK to buy as normal – advice that came just hours after Maersk began diverting containers from the UK “to relieve the strain”.

The report, authored by risk modelling consultant Russell Group, said billions of dollars’ worth of ...