UK seafood processors are so far unaffected by disruption at European ports linked to higher Christmas demand, as well as COVID-19 and Brexit stockpiling but resulting higher container costs are a worry, Andrew Kuyk, director general of the UK Seafood Industry Alliance trade group told IntraFish.

Food supplies destined for British supermarkets are becoming trapped in Europe as shipping lines refuse to release goods for transport back to the UK, The Grocer reports.