Daily Ocean News Bulletin – 15th October
Felixstowe Port
Road – Various traffic delays on A14, causing a lot of delays.
Port – No issues reported at present.
Vessel – Ever Grade (Working), Maersk Esmeraldas (Working), Dimitris Y (Working), MSC Vega (Working), SM Tacoma (Inbound), Cosco Shipping Himalayas (Inbound), Vaga Maersk (Inbound), APL Minnesota (Inbound), MSC Perle (Inbound), MSC Cordoba (Inbound).
Weather – No issues reported at present.
Southampton Port
Road – M4 – All lanes stopped and stationary traffic due to accident, van and a couple of cars involved on M4 Westbound from J4B M25 J15 to J5 A4 London Road (Langley). Cameras show all traffic being held after a crash in lanes three and four around 07:00.
M25 – Queueing traffic for seven miles due to earlier stalled van on M25 anticlockwise after J17 A412 Denham Way (Maple Cross). Congestion to J20 A41 (Kings Langley).
Port – No issues reported at present.
Vessel – NYK Vega (Working), CMA CGM Jules Verne (Working), Al Jasrah (Working), DS Blue Ocean (Inbound), CSAV Tyndall (Inbound), OOCL Montreal (Inbound), Escape (Inbound), NYK Constellation (Inbound), CMA CGM Kerguelen (Inbound), Al Jmeliyah (Inbound), BG Rotterdam (Inbound), MOL trust (Inbound), Independent Spirit (Inbound).
Weather – No issues reported at present.
London Gateway Port
Road – M25 – Severe delays of 42 minutes and delays easing on M25 anticlockwise between J30 A13 (Lakeside / Purfleet) and J28 A12 (Brentwood / Brook Street Roundabout). Average speed ten mph.
Port – No issues reported at present.
Vessel – CPO Bremen (Working), Al Hilal (Inbound), MOL Presence (Inbound), Safmarine Nomazwe (Inbound), MSC Darnanelles (Inbound), Evridiki G (Inbound), HSL Nike (Inbound), Edith Maersk (Inbound), Berlin Bridge (Inbound), Chacabuco (Inbound), CMA CGM Fort St Charles (Inbound), St Louis Express (Inbound), ER Seoul (Inbound), MSC Lisa (Inbound), MSC Pamela (Inbound), CMA CGM Jean Gabriel (Inbound), Northern Jade (Inbound), MSC Nederland (Inbound), MSC Margarita (Inbound), Santa Isabel (Inbound).
Weather – No issues reported at present.
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