News / Carriers draw up more contingency plans as Liverpool dock strike looks set

CMA CGM is planning to use alternative UK gateways as industrial action at the port of Liverpool looms.

The news comes three days into an eight-day strike at the UK’s largest container port of Felixstowe, from where Cosco and Maersk are rerouting services, causing headaches for forwarders struggling to move goods overland.

CMA CGM said: “The dates of the strikes have yet to be announced. However, our teams are doing their best to develop suitable contingency plans to provide as reliable a ...