Felixstowe port workers strike

[high camera]

Just out of interest is this strike affecting the rail movements to and from ?

 

[66701GBRF]

Yes. No trains being run and/or serviced until strike ends.

*Some rake positioning moves may happen.

 

[high camera]

Bit of a break for the drivers then !

 

[36270k]

13 Freight Trains on the Felixstowe branch on Tuesday

 

[66701GBRF]

13 Freight Trains on the Felixstowe branch on Tuesday

RTT list 7 services not including light engines and these are mostly, if not all, just transit moves rather than stuff that has been unloaded/loaded at Felixstowe.

 

[dk1]

13 Freight Trains on the Felixstowe branch on Tuesday

Which is paltry compared to a normal days freight operation. Many that ran have only had a handful of boxes on too. A local road haulage firm that moves several hundred containers daily commented on the strike being very serious for them.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Presumably ships will use other UK ports where it makes sense.
Or miss the UK entirely, with the UK containers being transported to/from Rotterdam or wherever at a later date.

 

[dk1]

Presumably ships will use other UK ports where it makes sense.
Or miss the UK entirely, with the UK containers being transported to/from Rotterdam or wherever at a later date.

Whichever way they’ll be a lot of disruption. Port unions saying this is only a taster.