UK container traffic back online as Felixstowe returns to work

Containers at Felixstowe (Por of Felixstowe image)

The impact of the industrial dispute at the Port of Felixstowe should not be underestimated, and rail freight is in the eye of the storm. As the first strike at the port in three decades comes to an end, fully half of all the container traffic in the UK gets back online. The eight-day stoppage at the port has done nothing to ease the congestion on the quayside.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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