PORT CONGESTION
BRITAIN'S DIFFICULT POSITION
SHIPS HUNTING FOR ROOM,
(DNIIBD PRES3 ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received January 10, 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, Bth January
The Germanic has been ordered to resume her voyage. It is hoped that she may be berthed at London on Tuesday.
The congestion at Southampton is acute. The port did excellently during the war. but the facilities for dealing with overseas cargoes are proving utterly inadequate. Ships are constantly arriving with food and wool, only to find that they must leave their cargoes rotting in the sheds, or seek another port. The Suevic and the Runic from Australia left in this way to find a less congested port.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 9, 10 January 1920, Page 5
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