UK ports: Shipowners, shippers, and shoppers need answers
While UK ports have dismissed the calls this week for a government inquiry, arguing ‘the issues are well understood and there is no case for significant intervention’, this does not seem to be cutting it with those companies caught up in the congestion
Coronavirus has piled unprecedented pressures on global supply chains, and the UK has the added problem of Brexit to deal with. But after years of investment surely the ports sector should be better prepared?