Dock workers at the UK’s biggest freight port have joined a strike against inflation

Posted by: 08/20/2022 – 20:17

In the UK, inflation-related strikes continue in transport, postal and now dock workers. Workers are demanding pay rises in line with price rises across the Channel, which reached 10.1% year-on-year in July.

With our correspondent in London, Cydoni Goucher

After Railway employees And postal workers, dockers themselves go on strike. The port of Felixstowe in the east of England begins an eight-day strike. That means 30,000 to 40,000 containers will have to find an alternative route. With a throughput of 35%, Felixstowe is the country’s largest port for cargo. It affects 50% of high seas trade as ships are diverted or stopped outside the port.

A” Summer of logistical frustration »

Unloading cargo to the UK can be done at Antwerp or Rotterdam, which also suffer from congestion problems. It’s a “ Summer of logistical frustration “, we say among the carriers,” It could turn into Armageddon They explain that “. The shipping market is already in turmoil and strikes at the port of Liverpool are expected in September “.

Alsea Shipping believes in “ A week-long strike won’t be fixed in a few days, and closing a port can have ramifications for weeks, not to mention chain reactions. »