PORT BOSSES EXPRESS URGENCY

There is an urgent need for more deepsea container port capacity in the UK. Port operators have expressed their fear that without substantial expansion the UKs major ports will run out of capacity within six years. According to Drewry Shipping, 99% of the UKs imports (in volume terms) enter by sea. Capacity constraints lead to well publicised congestion at peak times and loss of business to European ports.