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Advertisement Thousands of giant crates full of PPE have reportedly been shifted from Felixstowe to ports in Ipswich and Tilbury after clogging up the Suffolk harbour 'since the summer.' The huge stockpile was previously dubbed a 'national scandal' after it was claimed the 'continuing logjam' of safety equipment including masks, aprons and gloves was costing the Government £1million a day to store. The PPE had been sitting in thousands of containers at the Port of Felixstowe for months - with others piled up at a site opposite Melton Railway Station, the East Anglian Daily Times reported....

Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate congestion at container ports. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) claim they face “major challenges” in building up stock for Christmas and the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. In a joint letter to the chairs of the Commons Transport Select Committee and the Commons International Trade Committee, they wrote that some shipping costs have more than doubled compared with last year. One food manufacturer has suffered lost sales worth more than £1 million due to a sho...

17th December 2020 Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate the current congestion at container ports which has been causing delays to Christmas orders and disruption to attempts to build up stock ahead of Brexit. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have written to Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the Commons Transport Select Committee, and Angus Brendan MacNeil MP, Chair of the Commons International Trade Committee, to request an urgent inquiry. The impact of Covid-19 on global shipping schedules and the shipping workforce along ...

Retailers call on MPs to launch inquiry into ports chaos Joe Middleton © Provided by The Independent Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to launch an inquiry into congestion at container ports. Disruption first started in October and has been blamed on a number of factors such as a rise in imports due to the Covid-19 pandemic, large stocks of PPE being brought into the country and Brexit stock-piling. If Boris Johnson is unable to secure a free trade agreement with the EU then border congestion is expected to be more severe after the Brexit transition period ...

Published: 1:00 AM December 17, 2020    An inquiry into port congestion has been called for as the Christmas and Brexit transition period has caused delays in places such as the Port of Felixstowe. - Credit: Alan Boyle Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate congestion at container ports - including Felixstowe - during the hectic period of festivities and the end of Brexit transition. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) claim they face "major challenges". The Port of Felixstowe  has been experiencing congestion problems fo...