Daily Ocean News Bulletin – 17th November

by | Nov 17, 2021

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 –  A14 westbound between junctions J39 Kentford and J38 Newmarket East, Congestion. A14 eastbound between junctions J46 and J49 Stowmarket West, A14 eastbound between J46 and J47, A14 eastbound between J47A and J49, Roadworks. A14 westbound between junctions J44 Bury St Edmunds East and J38 Newmarket East, A14 westbound between J44 and J43, A14 westbound between J39 and J38, Roadworks. A14 eastbound exit slip at junction J42 Bury St Edmunds West, A14 J42 eastbound exit, Roadworks. A12 northbound between the A130 Chelmsford South and the junction with the A414 Chelmsford East, Congestion. A12 southbound exit slip to the A1124, A12 southbound exit for A1124, Roadworks. A12 northbound exit slip to the A1124, A12 northbound exit for A1124, Roadworks. A12 northbound entry slip from the A130, Roadworks.

Port – Evergreen are now accepting at Felixstowe as from 07:00 hours this morning. No issues with both terminals with an average turnaround times 30 to 60 Minutes.

Vessel – MSC Jade (Working), Volga Maersk (Working), MSC Carouge (Working), Seatrade White (Working), MSC Melatilde (Working), Zapadnyy (Working), Eemslift Nelli (Working), CSCL Atlantic Ocean (Inbound), Gardiner (Inbound), MSC Tuxpan (Inbound), Eugen Maersk (Inbound).

Weather – No issues to report at present for today.  

Southampton Port

Road – M3 eastbound between the M27 westbound and junction J14, Roadworks. M27 slip road to the M3 eastbound, link road from M27 J4 eastbound and M3 J14 eastbound, Roadworks. M3 eastbound at junction J14, Roadworks. M3 eastbound between junctions M27 and J13, Roadworks. M3 westbound between junction J14 and the M27, Roadworks. M27 westbound exit slip at junction J7, M27 J7 westbound exit, Roadworks. A27 eastbound between the junctions with the A24 North and the A24 South, Roadworks. A27 westbound between the junctions with the A24 North and the A280, Roadworks. A27 westbound between the junctions with the A24 North and the A280, Roadworks.

Port – This morning port working normally with no issues.  Further operational information can be found here.

Vessel – APL Fullerton (Working), HMM Raon (Working), OOCL Atlanta (Inbound), YM Enlightenment (Inbound), Independent Horizon (Inbound), Maersk Batur (Inbound).

Weather – No issues to report at present for today. 

London Gateway Port

Road – M25 clockwise between junctions J9 and J11. Congestion, there are currently delays of 1 hour. M25 clockwise between junctions J10 and J11, Road traffic collision, there are currently delays of 1 hour. M25 anticlockwise entry slip at junction J12, Congestion. M25 anticlockwise entry slip at junction J19, Congestion. A3 northbound exit slip to the M25, Congestion. M25 anticlockwise entry slip at junction J19, Congestion. M4 eastbound between junctions J3 and J2, Congestion. M4 eastbound between junctions J3 and J2, Congestion. M11 northbound between junctions J5 and J6, Barrier repairs. A2 westbound, Roadworks. A2 eastbound at the junction with the A2260, Roadworks. M25 clockwise exit slip at junction J14 for Heathrow T5, Barrier repairs. M4 westbound between junctions J6 and J8, M4 westbound within J6, M4 westbound within J8, Roadworks. M4 J7 and the A4, link road from A4 to M4 J7, Roadworks.

Port – 32 berth still operating relatively slow. Tilbury Port currently operating well with no issues. Pentalver LGW no problems to report. The Port was experiencing issues with their Gate-In process early this morning, which has now been resolved. However, there is a backlog of trucks to manually process which are being serviced as quickly as possible. The VBS tolerance has been extended to avoid expired bookings.  Further operational information can be found here.

Vessel – YM Wholesome (Working), Colorado Express (Cancelled), Santa Rita (Working), GSL Ningbo (Working), MSC Roma (Cancelled), CMA CGM Fort Desaix (Inbound), Helena Schepers (Inbound), UASC Al Khor (Inbound), Alexander B (Inbound), MSC Vita (Inbound), MSC New York (Inbound), Delaware Express (Inbound), Santa Barbara (Cancelled), Monte Alegre (Inbound), Callao Express, MSC Laura (Inbound), Nordic Italia (Inbound).   

Weather – No issues to report at present for today.           

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