Ports around the UK and in Northern Europe seem to have escaped the worst of the damage from the storm dubbed 'St Jude', despite winds reaching over 100mph in some areas.
The UK, France and the Netherlands bore the full force of the storm which first hit the east coast of England in the early hours of Monday morning. It’s now headed east towards Denmark and Sweden.
Rotterdam, Europe’s busiest port, was hit by delays during the storm. A spokesperson told Port Strategy that there were no exceptional problems at the port, just that container terminals stopped for a number of hours. All other operations continued and there were no accidents.
PS also learnt that the containership Maersk Salina lost 45 containers during the stormy voyage from Cape Finisterre in Spain to the UK on Monday. The vessel was forced to take shelter and secure its cargo at Le Havre, which the port has confirmed. Meanwhile, a warning has been issued to mariners over the potential risk of floating containers, but the risk of landfall has been described as minimal.
In the UK, the Port of Dover had to shut and cancel ferry services from the Eastern Docks – they suffered minor damage during the storm.
But it was the Western docks that came off worse – fifty cruise customers’ cars were damaged by the sea overtopping the breakwaters caused by gusts of over 70mph.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHT2KMzcZtk
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