Southampton Container Docks
The news that Southampton Docks had to go on lock-down because some stowaway invaders had been seen disembarking from a ship tells us that the problems caused by the welfare-hungry invaders are not confined to Dover or Calais.
It appears that the disruption caused by the invaders may have cost the Docks and associated businesses many hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost revenue and extra costs because of the incursion.
Following the incursion Southampton container dock was shut overnight and lorry drivers delivering to the docs were forced to wait two and a half hours to get into the dock area. This must have cost haulage companies extra wages for the stuck drivers. They may even had to call in relief drivers if the regular drivers who were waiting at the port in order to prevent them from exceeding their legally allowed driving hours. Then there are the costs of the delay to those companies who have sold goods and need to deliver them as well as the costs of keeping a ship in port longer than is necessary. You also have to add in the cost of having dockworkers idle while the invaders are being searched for.
This bit of invader madness has already more than likely clocked up an impressive level of costs, and that is before you take into account how much the taxpayer will shell out following the almost inevitable asylum claim by these invaders. These invaders are costing us all dearly. It costs to deal with the destruction and disposal of the food in cross channel trucks that the invaders despoil when they break in. It costs to beef up security, cope with the extra insurance premiums for haulage firms at risk from invader attention and it costs all of us a great deal to house, feed and attempt to deport these invaders. On paper, it really does look like it would be cheaper to just shoot these invaders on sight should they be noticed either attempting to illegally board a vehicle or a vessel or disembarking from the same.
Here’s one of the local papers for the Southampton area describing this worrying incident and its effects on the port.
The Southern Daily Echo said:
“SOUTHAMPTON Docks came to a standstill early today after a number of illegal immigrants tried to enter the port.
A security lockdown was imposed after the migrants arrived on one of the ships and tried to make a run for it.
The suspects were seized by customs and security staff but a subsequent search of the site resulted in the port being shut down.
The container terminal was shut down overnight, and remains closed this morning.
The Daily Echo understands that the security operation resulted in long delays for lorry drivers, with truckers having to wait for up to two-and-a-half hours.
DP World, which runs the terminal, confirmed that three people were found on the site and detained by police.
A spokesman said: “They were found within the container terminal after being spotted by our staff. The container terminal was closed while a thorough sweep was carried out.”
In a bulletin to port staff DP World said: ”Please be advised that operations were suspended at the Terminal from 3:45am due to persons unknown being found in our stacking area.
“As a matter of safety and security operations were suspended so we could carry out a detailed search of our site. Please be aware that the MT Park resumed operations at 6:15am and landside operations will resume at 7am and shipside at 7.30am.”
The DP World spokesman confirmed that the terminal was fully operational by 10am.”
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Behind the relatively bland statement from the Dock company that things were all OK again, lies a tale of delay, cost, frustration and disruption. All of this is because some invaders believe, unfortunately quite rightly, that if they disappear for long enough in the UK then the chances of them being removed become more and more remote. At least these invaders have been caught but at what cost to the companies and individuals caught up in this incident.
Has anyone considered just chucking them into the Solent with a rock tied to their necks? Lessons have to be taught!
Vincent… wouldn’t that be an infringement of their “yooming rites?”
But not ours though. Sounds OK to me, although could cause pollution
in the Solent.