News / Good news, bad news 'and even worse news' from congested Euro ports

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The knock-on effects of the blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to impact North Europe supply chains until June.

Container hub ports that used the week-long lull from ship arrival delays to prepare their landside facilities for the box onslaught are now “full to the brim”, according to a carrier source.

Container lines have discharged Asian imports wherever they can to turn ships around in North Europe as quickly as possible and return vessels to Asia, where several weeks of full ...