IN THE article headlined 'Location the key as unions go head-to-head with ports' (Lloyd's List, November 24, 2006), Port of Bristol chief executive Simon Bird was cited as giving the deviation cost of GBP23,000 ($44,000) a day for a containership of unspecified size visiting the port.

The Port of Bristol has asked us to make clear that Mr Bird's remarks explicitly referred to a 5,000 teu steaming at 24 knots.