News / Carriers plan for more strikes at Felixstowe as docker resolve hardens

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Ocean carriers calling at Felixstowe are making contingency plans in case the eight-day strike at the UK’s biggest container port starting on Sunday is not a one-off.

So far, the strategy of the 2M and Ocean alliances, for example, has been to either advance the Felixstowe call in their vessel rotations, or delay it until after the last day of the stoppage, 29 August.

However, with no more meetings planned between the port management and Unite union negotiators, carriers are increasingly concerned ...