Changing Lanes: UK’s growing reliance on shortsea shipments to fulfil deepsea duties
Shortsea capacity on routes in and out of the UK continues to climb at a faster rate than on deepsea services, reaching record levels in the first quarter of 2021
Deepsea non-Continental cargoes still outweigh UK trade originating to and from Europe, but more and more of this trade is being shipped in and out of the county via the shortsea services from the Continent