Carriers warn of delays as congestion increases at North Europe's ports
Congestion levels are set to rise at ports across Northern Europe – expect schedule disruption, ...
© Martin Hatch
Forwarders claim to have been ‘left in the dark’ over delays to rail, road and shipside container movements at the port of Felixstowe, linked to implementation of a new IT system.
The Hutchison-operated port installed the nGen terminal system on Sunday, but despite claiming a “successful migration”, carriers have reported severe delays and cancellations.
Yesterday, Maersk Line issued a customer advisory warning customers of “severe delays and cancellations across all areas of port operations, including rail, road and shipside container moves”.
One forwarder told ...
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