GLUTTED PORTS
CONGESTION IN BRITAIN
STEAMERS IDLE FOR A FORT-
NIGHT.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIMOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLB ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 7th January. The congestion at British ports is increasing daily. An unprecedented number of vessels laden with foodstuffs and general cargo are lying off the mouth of the Thames. Some have been waiting at Southend for a. fortnight. The Ceramic and the Euripides seem condemned to Temain at Plymouth indefinitely. Even when a berth is secured at London unloading is often stopped by the crowded sheds and the absence of railway trucks. A steamer recently anchored in the river for eighteen days before she commenced to unload. A number: of ships have transferred to other porta, but these are also badly congested. Prior to the war liners made three and a-half round voyages from England to India in a year. Now, despite faster passages, only two and a-half round voyages are made.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1920, Page 7
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152GLUTTED PORTS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1920, Page 7
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