Daily Ocean News Bulletin – 1st February

Road – A120 westbound between the junctions with the A131 North and the A131 South, Congestion. A12 southbound between the A1124 and the junction with the A130 Chelmsford North, Roadworks. A14 eastbound between junctions J51 Needham Market and J52 Claydon, Barrier repairs. A14 westbound between junctions J44 Bury St Edmunds East and J42 Bury St Edmunds West, Roadworks. A14 eastbound between junctions J37 Newmarket West and J42 Bury St Edmunds West, Roadworks. M11 northbound between junctions J8A and J10, Roadworks. M11 southbound between junctions J8 and J7, Roadworks.

Port – NO port VBS bookings until 1000hrs. OOCL are not accepting any empties at Felixstowe until further notice. Port operations are running well.  

Vessel – Manila Maersk (Working), Polar Brasil (Working), Ever Alp (Working), MSC Irene (Working), Santa Ursula (Working), CMA CGM Abu Dhabi (Inbound), Venta Maersk (Inbound), Maersk Klaven (Inbound), Munkebo Maersk (Inbound).

Weather – FXT port have put a weather warning in place from 0600 to 1400 today, currently no VBS availability until 1700 tonight.

Road – M27 eastbound between junctions J4 and J11, Roadworks. M27 eastbound at junction J5, Roadworks. M27 eastbound entry slip at junction J5, Roadworks. M27 westbound between junctions J12 and J11, Roadworks.

Port – Currently no port issues. Further operational information can be found here.

Vessel – APL Vanda (Complete), Navarino (Complete), BG Ireland (Working), Umm Qarn (Working),  Helmut (Working), JSP Slider (Working), CMA CGM Alcazar (Working), Elisabeth (Inbound), CMA CGM Cendrillon (Inbound), Maersk Batam (Inbound), Toronto Express (Inbound), Pluto (Inbound), APL Fullerton (Inbound).

Weather – Currently no weather issues to report.

Road – M25 anticlockwise exit slip at junction J21A, Congestion. M25 clockwise between junctions J12 and J13, Road traffic collision. M25 clockwise between junctions J10 and J13, Congestion. A23 northbound between the junctions with the M23 and the A237, Congestion. M25 clockwise at junction J15, Emergency roadworks.

Port – Tilbury Port operations seem to be running well this morning. Tilbury 2 tend to become very slow operationally early afternoon, with driver facing waiting times between 2 and 3hrs at a time. 40 Berth no Issues to report. 39 Berth no Issues to report. 26 Hub no Issues to report. Bullman Marine exceptionally slow with driver waiting time 4+ hours to collect empty containers. Further operational information can be found here.

Vessel – MSC Laura (Working), Puerto Limon Express (Working), Colorado Express (Working), Ebba Maersk (Inbound), NYK Daedalus (Inbound), MSC Alessia (Inbound), Wes Gesa (Inbound), CMA CGM Fort St Charles (Inbound), AS Camellia (Inbound), MSC Vita (Inbound), Tokyo Bay (Cancelled), Maersk Kiel (Inbound), One Owl (Inbound), Santa Teresa (Inbound), CMA CGM Abu Dhabi (Inbound), Spirit (Inbound), Wilhelm (Inbound), MSC India (Inbound).

Weather – Currently no weather issues to report.