Christmas Toy Shortages Loom as Cargo Clogs Major U.K. Port
- Maersk diverts some ships from U.K. to Europe to avoid delays
- Costs and delivery uncertainties add up for holiday importers
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Sirens blared as cranes lifted containers from the Ever Genius, a ship stretching four times the width of Buckingham Palace along a berth this week at the U.K.’s Port of Felixstowe. The warning shrieks for British dockworkers might well have been alarms for the global economy.