AndyMichelle Posted May 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Sympathies for anyone boarding or disembarking in Southampton today. The town has been gridlocked for large parts of the day due apparently to cruise traffic. Buses, coaches and taxis are all affected. Let's hope everyone managed to board. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted May 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 12, 2023 The ‘official’ Southampton City Council reason is that border force carried out an ‘all passenger’ check this morning on all ships arriving. This led to delays disembarking which meant port services were not ready for arrivals. Additionally, an incident at the toll bridge booths, and a broken down car near IKEA caused a perfect storm. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted May 12, 2023 #3 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Oh dear. Apparently four ships in today Balmoral, Anthem, Virtuosa and Britannia. Another four tomorrow including Iona, Sky Princess and Celebrity Silhouette. I'm looking at four on Sunday including Arvia and Anthem with my dreaded late check in time. My other half is already stressing about getting me there on time with no trains meaning extra traffic, if this makes the local news he will have me camping out in the park overnight! 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippa04 Posted May 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Football on Saturday, single lane traffic for those coming in from west via Totton direction - people will be in desperate need of their holidays! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted May 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 12, 2023 We were due to travel up by train tomorrow, but there are no trains down here either today or tomorrow, so we have had no option but to come by road. I have now got another thing on my to-do list for when I return - get a refund off the train company. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlaMarie Posted May 12, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 12, 2023 1 hour ago, molecrochip said: The ‘official’ Southampton City Council reason is that border force carried out an ‘all passenger’ check this morning on all ships arriving. This led to delays disembarking which meant port services were not ready for arrivals. Additionally, an incident at the toll bridge booths, and a broken down car near IKEA caused a perfect storm. Parents got off Britannia on time without any issues and did not see Border force at the terminal this morning. However the traffic was bad and was building up considerably. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted May 12, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted May 12, 2023 1 minute ago, CarlaMarie said: Parents got off Britannia on time without any issues and did not see Border force at the terminal this morning. However the traffic was bad and was building up considerably. I had a feeling the councils line was possibly just trying to pass the buck... Southampton roads are poor at the best of times and struggle to cope with this amount of ships, it only needs minor things like a car breaking down and the world stops... Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bill Y Posted May 12, 2023 #8 Share Posted May 12, 2023 1 hour ago, molecrochip said: The ‘official’ Southampton City Council reason is that border force carried out an ‘all passenger’ check this morning on all ships arriving. This led to delays disembarking which meant port services were not ready for arrivals. Additionally, an incident at the toll bridge booths, and a broken down car near IKEA caused a perfect storm. Sorry for anyone caught up in this, just what you don't need at the start of a holiday. Did not think that boarder force were still working to rule, or is it an intelligence lead operation, word on the streets that people were being switched from small boats to bigger ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted May 15, 2023 #9 Share Posted May 15, 2023 According to this article, problems might continue throughout the summer: https://www.cruisehive.com/massive-cruise-port-traffic-backup-due-to-security-checks/101296 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob++ Posted May 16, 2023 #10 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) Only two ships on the day we sail thank goodness. https://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/ Edited May 16, 2023 by Bob++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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