Ports

(asked on 10th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of experience at the Port of Felixstowe, they intend to write to UK Port companies to encourage better planning on IT and other investment changes to ensure consistent UK port capacity in the pre-Christmas period.


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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