But Ben Charlton, a business manager for paving importer Hanson Stone, based in Mansfield, said logistics firms are telling him it will be two to three months before the situation returns to normal.
He said he’s been waiting since the start of the month for containers to be unloaded at Felixstowe.
“We’re a start-up company, we’ve only been running a year, we’ve had Covid to contend with, and now we’ve got this,” he said.
He says he is paying about £1,200 more per container in increased shipping costs which adds up.
The company also operates on a credit system, where suppliers in India are paid 30-60 days after the stock arrives in the UK but the delays at Felixstowe are making cash flow a problem.
“Ultimately it’s [all] going to get passed on to the end consumer and landscaping companies who buy from us down the line,” he said.
