SHIPPING HELD UP.
CONGESTION IN HOME PORTS. FOODSTUFFS UNLOADED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 9, 1.45 a.m. London, Jan. 7. The congestion at British ports is increasing daily. An unprecedented number of vessels laden with foodstuffs and general cargo are lying off the month of the Thames. Some have been waiting at Southend for a fortnight. The Aramic and the Euripides seem condemned to remain at Plymouth indefinitely. Even when * berth is secured at London unloading is often stopped by crowded shedding and the absence of railway trucks. A steamer was recently anchored in the river for eighteen days before it commenced to unload. A number of ships have transferred to other ports, but are also badly congested. Prior to the war liners made three and a half round voyages from England to India in ' a year, a"nd now, despite faster passages, they only make two and a half.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1920, Page 5
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149SHIPPING HELD UP. Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1920, Page 5
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