Bristol Port has said it is not affected by the travel ban that is causing chaos at a number of ports in the 海角视频.
More than £33billion was wiped off the FTSE 100 first thing this morning amid freight and travel bans and ongoing fears of a no-deal Brexit.
France shut its border with the 海角视频 for 48 hours on Sunday and the 海角视频 Government has called a meeting of its emergency committee as it grapples with yet another crisis.
Bosses at Plymouth-headquartered Brittany Ferries are holding emergency talks as hundreds of lorries have been prevented from boarding vessels between the 海角视频 and France due to the new strain of coronavirus.
Meanwhile in the Humber, ships have had to be held at anchor - with return sailings missed - as it faces a capacity challenge.
However, Bristol Port said it has not made any cancellations and none of its ships are on hold.
According to the Avonmouth-based port, on Monday it received shipments containing orange juice, containers, cars, wood pellets and sand.
A spokesperson for the port said 65 per cent of the cargo it deals with is non-EU - and it was “business as usual”.
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“The Bristol Port Company does not deal with accompanied roll-on roll-off traffic, therefore we are not involved in one of the major challenges that other ferry ports in the 海角视频 are currently facing,” the spokesperson said.
“We therefore remain confident that our systems and operations will continue to function smoothly and efficiently during this time.”
Bristol Port said it had recently seen an increase in demand for containers but due to a £7million upgrade to its container-handling infrastructure it was able to “easily” absorb the extra demand.
“The port owns and operates more than one million sq ft of warehousing next to the container terminal and this has been utilised to assist with the fast turnaround of containers once unloaded from the ships,” the spokesperson added.