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British businesses are facing thousands of pounds in extra costs and consumers the prospect of higher prices as a global shortage of containers continues to cause chaos. The average cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Asia to Northern Europe, including the UK, has skyrocketed from $1,752 last February to more than $8,000 at the … Read more
The SWAMPS-Élysées! Paris is flooded by the Seine and German shipping is stalled by high water levels under bridges as rivers across Europe burst their banks after torrential downpours The famous embankments and avenues of the capital were submerged under the river for the fifth day in a row on Saturday as the weather service … Read more
The Biden administration will start shipping COVID-19 vaccines directly to U.S. pharmacies next week, ramping up immunizations as new and potentially more serious variants are appearing, the White House said on Tuesday. Jeff Zients, coordinator of the president’s COVID-19 task force, said some 6,500 retail pharmacies around the country will receive a total of one million … Read more
Shipping containers have been converted into overflow morgues for the dead in South Africa, where a mutant variant of coronavirus has driven a second spike. As mortuaries reached capacity, the country’s largest undertakers, AVBOB, distributed 22 refrigerated shipping containers to its funeral homes. Coffins marked ‘highly contagious’ line the inside of the containers, where AVBOB … Read more
From a distance, it looks a little like a giant metal shipping container or hangar sitting in the middle of the countryside. The reality is the property – named Hedge House – is a luxury home with a brick and wood exterior, designed and owned by architect David Sheppard. The trendy home comes with 6.5 … Read more
Nine Eritrean migrants including three women are found hidden inside shipping container when it arrived in Yorkshire Tees Harbour Police and Border Force intercepted container in Teesport, Yorks Six men and three woman claiming to be Eritrean nationals were found inside The migrants had come in onboard a ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium They are being processed … Read more
It’s a steel! Company transforms SHIPPING CONTAINERS into luxury lodges, pool rooms – and even cricket pavilions The company behind the transformations is Gloucestershire-based SteelPad, which charges from £17,000 Features can include a railed roof terrace; wall beds, shower rooms and Bluetooth speaker systems ‘Little daunts us in the joinery department and our attention to detail … Read more
It’s a steel! Company transforms SHIPPING CONTAINERS into luxury lodges, pool rooms – and even cricket pavilions The company behind the transformations is Gloucestershire-based SteelPad, which charges from £17,000 Features can include a railed roof terrace; wall beds, shower rooms and Bluetooth speaker systems ‘Little daunts us in the joinery department and our attention to detail … Read more
Thousands of giant crates full of PPE have reportedly been shifted from Felixstowe to ports in Ipswich and Tilbury after clogging up the Suffolk harbour ‘since the summer.’ The huge stockpile was previously dubbed a ‘national scandal’ after it was claimed the ‘continuing logjam’ of safety equipment including masks, aprons and gloves was costing the Government £1million … Read more
Boris Johnson plots overhaul of shipping regulations to turn London into the Singapore of the West to boost economy by almost £4billion and create thousands of jobs after Brexit Plans being drawn up to reform ‘tonnage tax’ to encourage more UK registry Claim it could generate £3.75billion and generate 27,500 jobs Reform would be barred … Read more