Last week, an eight-day strike by 1,900 dock workers at Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, extended container delays at the terminal by 82%, according to analytics firm Fourkites, and in just five days from August 21 to 26, The strike increased the waiting time for an export container from 5.2 days to 9.4 days.
However, in the face of such a bad situation, the port operator of Felixstowe has issued a paper, again angered the dock unions!
The eight-day strike at Felixstowe port was due to end at 11pm on Sunday, but dockers were told by the port operator not to come to work until Tuesday.