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Dec 10, 2020

Stockpiling storm brings holiday nightmare to global shipping ports

Google and Amazon fined for breaching French internet privacy rules. Brexit negotiations continue as deadline looms. And that chaos, combined with pandemic and holiday stockpiling, has caused backlogs at British ports.

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Crates are stacked at Felixstowe Port on November 16, 2020 in Felixstowe, England. Shipping companies and retailers have complained of delays in unloading arriving freight, with one ship told it could wait up to 10 days for a berthing slot.
Crates are stacked at Felixstowe Port on November 16, 2020 in Felixstowe, England. Shipping companies and retailers have complained of delays in unloading arriving freight, with one ship told it could wait up to 10 days for a berthing slot.
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Stockpiling storm brings holiday nightmare to global shipping ports