The UK's largest container port at Felixstowe was closed overnight and, across the North Sea, the giant tidal surge barrier across the Nieuwe Waterweg to protect Rotterdam was closed for the first time since it was built in the 1990s, affecting up to half the traffic using Europe's busiest port. Marine emergency response resources had been mobilised to eastern England ahead of the surge from other parts of the county.

In an incident prompted by the same storm, Belgian salvage and towage company Multraship Salvage BV and their counterparts at URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting rescued the general cargo vessel 'Eva Danielsen', which got into difficulties off the North Hinder traffic separation zone in the North Sea on the morning of 9 November.

The vessel's problems were caused by a total power blackout which the crew was unable to rectify. The owners contracted Multraship and URS under an LOF 2000 agreement to bring the vessel to safety.

The salvage tugs 'Mukltratug 7' and 'Brugge' were mobilised from Flushing and Zeebrugge respectively while the salvage vessel 'Brandaris' was sent from Nieuwpoort. Conditions on site were extremely bad, with Force 9 winds blowing from the northwest and wave heights reaching 7m.

By 16:16 hours, Multratug 7 was able to establish a tow connection to the casualty and towed the disabled vessel to Flushing.