Container ships diverted from UK due to high congestion at Felixstowe

Maersk has begun diverting vessels away from the UK as the country’s largest container port ranks among the worst-hit terminals globally for congestion.

The Danish shipping line has rerouted large ships away from Felixstowe to instead discharge UK-bound cargo in Europe to be transported to the UK in smaller vessels.

Speaking to The Financial Times Lars Mikael Jensen, head of global ocean network at Maersk, said: “We had to stop operations on a ship because there was nowhere to discharge containers.