Daily Ocean News Bulletin – 6th January

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.

Road – A12 southbound between the A1124 and the junction with the A120 Colchester West, A12 southbound within the A1124 junction, A12 southbound within the A120 near Colchester (west) junction, roadworks.

Port – At present, no issues to report.

Vessel – MSC London (Working), MSC Alexandra (Working), Ever Govern (Working), Vaga Maersk (Working), Leo C (Inbound), MSC La Spezia (Inbound), OOCL Hong Kong (Inbound), Anna G (Inbound), Zim Europe (Inbound), MSC Diletta (Inbound), Lucie Schulte (Inbound), Pengalia (Inbound).

Weather – Currently no weather issues to report.

Road – A303 eastbound, road traffic collision. M3 eastbound between junctions J14 and J13, M3 eastbound within J14, M3 eastbound between J14 and J13, roadworks. M3 eastbound between junctions M27 and J13, roadworks. M3 westbound between junction J14 and the M27, M3 westbound between J13 and J14, link road from M3 J14 westbound to M27 J4 eastbound, roadworks. M3 eastbound between the M27 westbound and junction J14, roadworks. M27 eastbound between junctions J4 and J5, M27 eastbound within J4, M27 eastbound within J5, roadworks.

Port – At present, no issues to report. Further operational information can be found here.

Vessel – CMA CGM Bougainville (Working), HMM Gaon (Working), CMA CGM Titus (Working), NYK Rumina (Inbound), Maersk Bali (Inbound), Elisabeth (Inbound), Independent Quest (Inbound), Helmut (Inbound), HMM Hanul (Inbound), YM Enlightenment (Inbound), Eli A (Inbound), Bjorg (Inbound), Ren Jian 15 (Inbound), Torrente (Inbound).

Weather – Currently no weather issues to report.

Road – M25 anticlockwise between junctions J20 and J18, road traffic collision. M25 clockwise exit slip at junction J26, broken down vehicle. M25 clockwise at junction J15, emergency roadworks.

Port – Yang Ming have been shut off out of London Gateway quay and we will not have any space there until the next vessels arrive, which are ONE BLUE JAY and ONE AQUILA, they expect to be able start booking empties to these vessels around the first week of January 2022, when they are open for export bookings, as according to YML latest update. Further operational information can be found here.

Tilbury 2 tend to become very slow operationally early afternoon, with drivers facing waiting times between 2 and 3hrs at a time.

Vessel – MSC Maureen (Complete), Al Manamah (Working), CMA CGM Fort Royal (Working), MSC Stella (Inbound), Emma Maersk (Inbound), Valparaiso Express (Inbound), Mandalay (Cancelled), MSC Palak (Inbound), Alexander B (Inbound), MSC Tokyo (Cancelled), Tsingtao Express (Cancelled), Tanja (Inbound), Spirit (Cancelled), W Klaipeda (Inbound), Missouri Express (Inbound), Northern Javelin (Inbound), Helena Schepers (Inbound), CMA CGM Cayenne (Inbound), MSC Giselle (Cancelled|), ONE Aquila (Inbound), MSC Yokohama (Inbound), CAP SAN Artemissio (Inbound).

Weather – Currently no weather issues to report.