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Brexit Watch: Maersk, MSC move away from Felixstowe once more

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Maersk and MSC, the 2M shipping alliance, have realigned their Transatlantic container shipping route to use Peel Ports’ Liverpool port rather than Hutchison Ports’ Felixstowe facility stating an aim “to provide stability to the service, while optimizing the network”. Felixstowe’s woes have been long standing and have worsened as all British ports face congestion due to stockpiling ahead of the end of current trading arrangements with the EU. Total U.S. seaborne imports from the U.K. handled Maersk and MSC fell by 30.3% year over year in November. Shipmen...

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