Maersk Diverting Large Ships Away From Main UK Container Port, Report Says
Maersk is diverting large vessels away from the United Kingdom due to container congestion at the country’s main port, the Financial Times reported Oct. 12. The shipping company is telling its big ships to avoid Felixstowe, which handles more than…
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one-third of the country’s freight containers, the report said, and is instead sending smaller vessels to transport cargo from Europe to the U.K. Because of the U.K.’s truck driver shortage, Maersk said, it is taking longer to move fully loaded containers away from ports. The company called the Felixstowe port “among the top two or three worst-hit terminals” in the world, the report said.