Christmas parcels will NOT be delivered on time as dozens of present-filled lorries and trailers are stranded, haulage bosses warn
Christmas parcels will NOT be delivered on time as dozens of present-filled lorries and trailers are stranded, haulage bosses warn
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Thousands of Christmas presents will not be delivered in time for the holidays amid the continued closure of a major port connecting the UK and Ireland, haulage bosses have warned. Holyhead Port in north Wales is set to remain closed until mid-January at the earliest with all ferry sailings cancelled up to that date, impacting up to 13,000 passengers a day.
![[Thousands of trailers are stranded in the UK, while Irish ports are 'absolutely jammed', meaning Christmas parcels are now unlikely to arrive to their destinations by 25 December]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93298337-14208155-image-a-3_1734569229453.jpg)
The Welsh port shut on December 7 after sustaining infrastructure damage during Storm Darragh, and will not reopen until at least January 15. Post and deliveries - many of them filled with Christmas presents, as well as products from pharmaceuticals to food such as cheese and beef - have been seriously affected as thousands of trailers filled with goods remained stuck in the UK.
![[Supplies for supermarkets, white goods, cleaning items and building products have also been delated at the closed port]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93298183-14208155-image-a-5_1734569240014.jpg)
One haulage firm boss with 50 trailers at Holyhead said the stuck goods included thousands of Christmas presents, as well as supplies for supermarkets, white goods, cleaning items and building products. On the Irish side, ports have been left 'absolutely jammed' as passengers and hauliers frantically search for alternative routes.
![[Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/08/93265211-14204735-Ryanair_chief_executive_Michael_O_Leary-m-28_1734511432918.jpg)
The ongoing closure has left other ports, including Rosslare, Cairnryan and Fishguard, rammed as passengers and drivers seek alternatives. Darren Murphy, managing director of BM Transport, a haulage company in Monaghan, told the Mail: 'Rosslare is always clustered. There wasn't enough space moving before, let alone now.
![[Holyhead Port in north Wales is set to remain closed until 15 January at the earliest]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93298185-14208155-image-a-6_1734569245670.jpg)
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