Our Italian shippers say the American authorities might at random choose to examine every item in the container and if they do we bear the extra cost of re-packing and resealing.
"Failure to provide facilities for the new container ships would mean the world's most efficient ships could not dock in the UK, driving up the cost of imports and making UK exports less competitive, " said David Gledhill, chief executive of Hutchison Ports UK, which owns the port.