Daily Ocean News Bulletin 11th October
Your daily update for Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway Ports, with the latest news on road and weather conditions, port turnaround times and vessel arrivals.
Felixstowe Port
Road – Heavy inbound traffic at Copdock junction (A12 – Ipswich), car accident at Colchester on A133, which is causing traffic to spill over to A12 (Inbound and outbound), along with road works at junction 26 Colchester.
Port – Average turnaround times. MSK & EVE are now being accepted back on the Port, CMA appears to be shut off for the foreseeable.
Vessel – MSC Bettina (Working), OOCL Hong Kong (Working), MSC Isabella (Working), MSC Soraya (Working), Tanja Star (Working), AS Nora (Inbound), Ever Genius (Inbound), MSC Vilda (Inbound), Anja (Inbound), Volga Maersk (Inbound).
Availability – Unfortunately, we are unable to take any further bookings today.
Weather – No issues reported at present.
Southampton Port
Road – Heavy traffic on M27 between Ower and Twyford, due to a multi car accident.
Port – Average turnaround times. Operational information can be found here.
Vessel – Bjorg (Working), Angela (Cancelled), NYK Deneb (Inbound), Ragna (Inbound), CMA CGM Cendrillon (Inbound), OOCL Seoul (Inbound), Helmut (Inbound), MSC Esthi (Inbound), YM Enlightenment (Inbound).
Weather – No issues reported at present.
London Gateway Port
Road – M25 Road closure causing heavy traffic on Junction 5, furthermore, there has also been a car accident between Junction 5 and Junction 4.
Port – Average turnaround times. Operational information can be found here.
Vessel – Eleonora Maersk (Working), Yeoman Bridge (Inbound), Spica J (Inbound), Bomar Juliana (Inbound), Douce France (Cancelled), Santa Clara (Inbound), CMA CGM Fort Royal (Inbound), Wes Gesa (Inbound), MSC Shaula (Cancelled), MSC Brittany (Inbound), Nordamelia (Inbound), Sofia Express (Inbound), MSC Ingrid (Inbound), Maersk Kingston (Cancelled).
Weather – No issues reported at present.
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