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Almost 2,000 workers walked out from the site in Felixstowe, Suffolk, on Sunday for the first time in 30 years as pay negotiations broke down between the port and trade union Unite.
Unite national officer Robert Morton has warned that the ‘supply chain will be severely disrupted’ by an eight-day strike at the Port of Felixstowe.
Felixstowe (/ ˈ f iː l ɪ k s t oʊ / FEE-lic-stoh) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. [1] The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. [2] Felixstowe is approximately 72 miles (116 km) northeast of London.
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Felixstowe is the UK's busiest container port [7] which handles in the region of 40 to 50% of Britain's container traffic trade. [8] [9] In 2017, it was ranked at 43rd busiest container port in the world and 8th in Europe, with an estimated traffic of 3.85 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [10]
Following the formation of a local board of health for Felixstowe and Walton in 1887, one of the first actions of the new board was to commission public offices for the area. [1] The site they selected, which was on the seafront, was given to the town by the lord of the manor, E. G. Pretyman, who lived at Orwell Park.
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The constituency is in the far East of England, and borders the North Sea.The main town is Felixstowe, which is a commercial port for imports and exports.The ONS considers Woodbridge to form part of the extended Ipswich Built-up Area. [3]