Chinese New Year rush and threat of tariffs leaves box ports congested
The Chinese factory rush to get goods out before the new year holiday, and the ...
Increasing numbers of UK shippers are switching their container import gateway from the congestion of Southampton and Felixstowe to Liverpool.
According to freight forwarders and importers, the Mersey port’s enlarged terminal capacity since it opened its deepwater Liverpool2 terminal in late 2016 has meant an absence of demurrage and detention charges, as well as faster truck turnaround times and available haulage.
These factors have been thrown into sharp focus since the congestion issues began at Felixstowe in the summer and later spread to ...
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Comment on this article
DP World Southampton
October 10, 2018 at 2:13 pmDP World Southampton’s performance is back to normal. There is no congestion and truck turnaround times are back to their expected operational levels.
We have issued a customer communication which can be read in full here
https://www.dpworldsouthampton.com/contact/contact-us/terminal-alert
Gavin van Marle
October 10, 2018 at 2:27 pmThank you – we have updated the story accordingly.
Kind regards,
Gavin