It was probably the rush of Chinese and Mexican scrap metal speculators on hearing 50 old RN ships are due for chopping up into razor blades and table lamps.
Good news, all my 1946 reports are done. Bad news, my Q3 news for Benelux is still patchy one-line notes.
Need a few weeks to catch up, probably we need a month if folks are to catch up properly, though its been very quiet around here lately.