British mainstream media headlines are awash with empty supermarket shelf pictures and concerns about Christmas shopping on day two of a planned eight-day strike at the country’s largest container port.
Nearly 2,000 workers downed tools yesterday at the port of Felixstowe on the east coast of England, demanding improved pay. The strike comes as another British port, Liverpool, plans similar protests and the nation’s trains have also been hit by militant action.
The port of Felixstowe, operated by Hutchison Ports, handles more than 4m teu per year – making the strike an impact on roughly 11,000 teu per day, according to data from Sea-Intelligence. The volumes handled, account for just under half of the container volumes in the UK.
