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By *ercury OP Man
over a year ago
Grantham |
Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? |
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? "
Whatever he touches turns to shit . Failing Grayling  |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? "
Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.  |
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over a year ago
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? "
So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
near ipswich |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. "
Its been going on for months since the port introduced the new vbs system for lorries to get on the dock its not working.there is also a problem with the returning of empty containers and hauliers are having to take them to different locations as the port is not accepting them.A new director of the port was put in place the other week but tbh the port is making money out of the chaos they have caused and freight forwarders and hauliers are paying the price. |
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Ha ha a person who has not once posted any criticsm over Brexit, as he tends to gets splinters in his arse,getting ctitusm from brexiteers who seem to take offence at the slightest suggestion that everything may not be completely preachy. |
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. Its been going on for months since the port introduced the new vbs system for lorries to get on the dock its not working.there is also a problem with the returning of empty containers and hauliers are having to take them to different locations as the port is not accepting them.A new director of the port was put in place the other week but tbh the port is making money out of the chaos they have caused and freight forwarders and hauliers are paying the price."
Thank you for the reply . An interesting summary. I assume the new system is experiencing teething problems. |
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. Its been going on for months since the port introduced the new vbs system for lorries to get on the dock its not working.there is also a problem with the returning of empty containers and hauliers are having to take them to different locations as the port is not accepting them.A new director of the port was put in place the other week but tbh the port is making money out of the chaos they have caused and freight forwarders and hauliers are paying the price. Thank you for the reply . An interesting summary. I assume the new system is experiencing teething problems. "
Or they have made the mistake by of listening to that complete numpty grayling.. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. Its been going on for months since the port introduced the new vbs system for lorries to get on the dock its not working.there is also a problem with the returning of empty containers and hauliers are having to take them to different locations as the port is not accepting them.A new director of the port was put in place the other week but tbh the port is making money out of the chaos they have caused and freight forwarders and hauliers are paying the price. Thank you for the reply . An interesting summary. I assume the new system is experiencing teething problems. "
It just doesn't work full stop.To blame it on brexit is laughable a most of the goods that come through the port are from outside the eu only a tiny percentage is eu goods. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
near ipswich |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. Its been going on for months since the port introduced the new vbs system for lorries to get on the dock its not working.there is also a problem with the returning of empty containers and hauliers are having to take them to different locations as the port is not accepting them.A new director of the port was put in place the other week but tbh the port is making money out of the chaos they have caused and freight forwarders and hauliers are paying the price. Thank you for the reply . An interesting summary. I assume the new system is experiencing teething problems.
Or they have made the mistake by of listening to that complete numpty grayling.."
you can assume all you like but i have 3 of my family who have businesses' on the port. I dont think the chinese take any advice from grayling or anyone else from the government on how they run their port. |
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By *ercury OP Man
over a year ago
Grantham |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap. "
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. |
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. "
What I cannot wait for kent becoming an open sewer with all the lorry driver shit flowing on the verges.
But what goes around comes around, so enjoy it! |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? "
How could anybody employ Greyling the mind boggles |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
near ipswich |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. "
Ive read it and know thats not the case and of course the port is not going to admit to their fuck up and blame it on something else. talk to some freight forwarders who cant return their empty containers and are getting charged for it or hauliers who are up at 3am in the morning trying to book slots for their lorries to get on the docks and still cant. Then the port sends the ship back out with half of them still aboard because it costs them if the turnaround is delayed and cant get the next one in.Believe what you like but i have been hearing of these problems 1st hand all summer. |
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"To blame it on brexit is laughable a most of the goods that come through the port are from outside the eu only a tiny percentage is eu goods."
How much is a tiny percentage? |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it. "
Not being able to put empties back in the port is actually causing major headaches for the hauliers.
Customers are way behind with collections ( including me) . A lot of smaller hauliers went bust during Covid.
The problems are Christmas and backlogs from Covid all arriving at once . The Brexit implication is importers stockpiling but no idea of how bad that is.
However there is a knock on from all this. The major lines such as Maersk are out bidding the European short sea container lines for haulage which means European traffic is in a huge backlog scenario. It should ease around Christmas as the Chinese import slow down. .
The other problem in Felixstowe is the new it system which isn’t working. Great fun |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. Ive read it and know thats not the case and of course the port is not going to admit to their fuck up and blame it on something else. talk to some freight forwarders who cant return their empty containers and are getting charged for it or hauliers who are up at 3am in the morning trying to book slots for their lorries to get on the docks and still cant. Then the port sends the ship back out with half of them still aboard because it costs them if the turnaround is delayed and cant get the next one in.Believe what you like but i have been hearing of these problems 1st hand all summer."
The IT is a biggest issue but the stockpiling of goods we sell and ship around Europe is compounding the problem.
Last year we had 80 containers short shipped over two weeks as the ship just didn’t stop due to delays so they have previous here.
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
near ipswich |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. Ive read it and know thats not the case and of course the port is not going to admit to their fuck up and blame it on something else. talk to some freight forwarders who cant return their empty containers and are getting charged for it or hauliers who are up at 3am in the morning trying to book slots for their lorries to get on the docks and still cant. Then the port sends the ship back out with half of them still aboard because it costs them if the turnaround is delayed and cant get the next one in.Believe what you like but i have been hearing of these problems 1st hand all summer.
The IT is a biggest issue but the stockpiling of goods we sell and ship around Europe is compounding the problem.
Last year we had 80 containers short shipped over two weeks as the ship just didn’t stop due to delays so they have previous here.
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The majority of containers shipped through felixstowe are not for or from europe. |
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
Got to admire their bolshly streak "
Not really when it’d never happen entering uk, “we’d” never allow it yet French police standby watching uk produce trashed, animals getting burnt alive and our wagon drivers getting beaten up, not much to admire there  |
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
Got to admire their bolshly streak
Not really when it’d never happen entering uk, “we’d” never allow it yet French police standby watching uk produce trashed, animals getting burnt alive and our wagon drivers getting beaten up, not much to admire there "
France have a 1 year pay freeze and burn the country down
We have 8 years of austerity and beg for more
I admire that personally. |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? Absolutely nothing to do with brexit or the government you really should get your facts right before you start spouting crap.
You should know by now, that I deal in facts and not opinion.
Read the official statement put out by Hutchinson Ports (its on the BBC website), where THEY blame pre-brexit stockpiling as a factor. Ive read it and know thats not the case and of course the port is not going to admit to their fuck up and blame it on something else. talk to some freight forwarders who cant return their empty containers and are getting charged for it or hauliers who are up at 3am in the morning trying to book slots for their lorries to get on the docks and still cant. Then the port sends the ship back out with half of them still aboard because it costs them if the turnaround is delayed and cant get the next one in.Believe what you like but i have been hearing of these problems 1st hand all summer.
The IT is a biggest issue but the stockpiling of goods we sell and ship around Europe is compounding the problem.
Last year we had 80 containers short shipped over two weeks as the ship just didn’t stop due to delays so they have previous here.
The majority of containers shipped through felixstowe are not for or from europe."
I agree with you they’re not.
the stockpiling effecting through all ports is compounding the back log. But as I mentioned it’s main,y IT at Felixstowe.
Only DFDS ro ro is 100%european out of Felixstowe and they don’t ship containers through the port. Well not many. |
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
Got to admire their bolshly streak
Not really when it’d never happen entering uk, “we’d” never allow it yet French police standby watching uk produce trashed, animals getting burnt alive and our wagon drivers getting beaten up, not much to admire there
France have a 1 year pay freeze and burn the country down
We have 8 years of austerity and beg for more
I admire that personally. "
burn the country down yep a lot to admire there lol |
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
Got to admire their bolshly streak
Not really when it’d never happen entering uk, “we’d” never allow it yet French police standby watching uk produce trashed, animals getting burnt alive and our wagon drivers getting beaten up, not much to admire there
France have a 1 year pay freeze and burn the country down
We have 8 years of austerity and beg for more
I admire that personally. "
There’s a shitstorm heading our way, getting brexit done..... no matter what gets decided we’ve still got to get our stuff over there to sell it, with a non compliant populous on the receiving end, don’t care what paperwork u have it’s going to end up feet dragging... you’ve only got to look at how they’re standing by over the migrants after multi million £s to address the issue |
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By *ercury OP Man
over a year ago
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching.."
I'm sure that some French Fisheries Minister will come along and bribe them to lift the blockade.
Just like one did in 2009. I wonder if anyone can remember who that was? |
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
I'm sure that some French Fisheries Minister will come along and bribe them to lift the blockade.
Just like one did in 2009. I wonder if anyone can remember who that was? "
Pray tell |
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By *ercury OP Man
over a year ago
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"Wait till the French fishermen start blockading over fishing rights and French authorities stand by watching..
I'm sure that some French Fisheries Minister will come along and bribe them to lift the blockade.
Just like one did in 2009. I wonder if anyone can remember who that was?
Pray tell"
One Michel Barnier. The french fisherman and him have history. |
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"Huge problems at the UK's biggest container port, Felixstowe.
New booking in systems, pre-Brexit stockpiling and covid, has led to huge delays. Taiwanese container operator, Evergreen, redirected one ship into Rotterdam, after being told of a 10 day delay in berthing.
Operator of Felixstowe, Hutchinson Europe, has confirmed the problems but can you guess which ex Transport Secretary they hired on a £100k advisory contract? So how long has this been the case? I have not seen any container hauliers complaining about it.
Not being able to put empties back in the port is actually causing major headaches for the hauliers.
Customers are way behind with collections ( including me) . A lot of smaller hauliers went bust during Covid.
The problems are Christmas and backlogs from Covid all arriving at once . The Brexit implication is importers stockpiling but no idea of how bad that is.
However there is a knock on from all this. The major lines such as Maersk are out bidding the European short sea container lines for haulage which means European traffic is in a huge backlog scenario. It should ease around Christmas as the Chinese import slow down. .
The other problem in Felixstowe is the new it system which isn’t working. Great fun
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It's funny, I sit watching the ships going in and out of the port from my home office window. Without a foggiest about what goes on over there. |
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