Port workers at Felixstowe are set to strike for eight days from Sunday 21 August until Monday 29 August, after rejecting the latest pay offer from port operator Hutchinson Ports. Felixstowe is one of the UK’s top container ports and a critical hub in the region’s logistics network. Any disruption will be a key risk factor in near term planning decisions of supply chain managers everywhere, from Wick to Woolacombe.
As shown in the following figure, Felixstowe has handled 713 container vessels in...
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