ENGLISH PORTS CONGESTED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1719, 9 January 1920, Page 5

ENGLISH PORTS CONGESTED.

VESSELS INDEFINITELY HELD UP OVERLOADED SHEDS:AND NO TJRUCKS. By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright. # Auitralian-New Zealand Cable Asisociatiol LONDON, Jan. 7. Congestion at British ports! is increasing daily. An unprecedented number of vessels laden with foodstuffs and general cargo are lying oil' tho mouth of the Thames. Some havo been waiting at •Southend for a fortnight. The Ceramic and Euripides seem condemned to remain at Plymouth indefinitely. Even when a berth is securod at London, unloading is often stopped by crowded sheds and the absence of railway trucks. A steamer was recently anchored in tho river for eighteen days before she commenced to unload. A number of ships have been transferred to other ports, but these also are badly congested. Prior to the War the liners made three and a half round voyages from Englandto India in a year; now. despite faster passages, there are only two and a halt round trips. ..