Maersk Line is diverting one of its transatlantic services with MSC and its COEX service to the Port of Liverpool for 12 weeks from Felixstowe which has been hit by delays over the last month since installing a new IT system.

Delays are continuing at one of the UK's main ports – Felixstowe – three weeks after a new terminal operating system was installed.

The Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of its first two remote control ship-to-shore gantry cranes.

A call by the 21,413 teu OOCL Hong Kong - claimed to be the world’s largest container ship - has marked OOCL’s return after an absence of 17 years to the UK’s Port of Felixstowe, owned by fellow Hong Kong-based group Hutchison Ports.

The Port of Felixstowe has always laid claim to having first coined the “portcentric” name and concept, more than a decade back.

The port of Felixstowe in the UK has become the first in the country to receive Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status, a mark of security and efficiency.

The Port of Felixstowe is to extend Berths 8 and 9, having been granted permission by the port authorities.