Ports

(asked on 10th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on productivity in shipside operations at the Port of Felixstowe of IT implementation issues and of problems at the port of Southampton; and what support they have offered.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 24th October 2018

Operations at the ports of Felixstowe and at Southampton Container Terminal are matters for the operators themselves in consultation with customers and port users, including SMEs. I understand that the situation at Felixstowe has now improved following difficulties with the 'nGen' system, and that congestion recently affecting Southampton was expected to be transient.

UK container port capacity overall is easily sufficient to meet demand in the pre-Christmas period, and there is also scope for further consented expansion to meet future growth in global trade including the largest vessels currently in world fleets.

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