Date: 21/08/2022

Workers at Felixstowe, which handles half of the country's container cargo, are walking out for eight days.

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Felixstowe: Dock workers strike for first time in 30 years

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Staff at Felixstowe, which handles half of the country's container cargo, walk out for eight days.

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A grubby 66735 'Peterborough United' is nearing the end of its journey from Felixstowe as it comes of the Styal Loop at Slade Lane Junction and passes Longsight Depot heading for Trafford Park. Hidden behind the lineside hut was train 4M21, fully loaded with containers, which had left the east coast port seven hours earlier on 20th March 2021.
Location: Longsight
Company: Manchester and Birmingham Railway
20/03/2021 Mark Bartlett

Freightliner 66517 heads the diverted 4L89 Coatbridge - Felixstowe containers through Kilmarnock station on 16 January 2016. This service is normally routed via Kilwinning.
Location: Kilmarnock
Company: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
16/01/2016 Ken Browne

Nearing the end of a long journey from Felixstowe, GBRf 66741 rumbles through Deansgate station on 6 August heading for the Trafford Park freight terminal with a lengthy train of containers.
Location: Deansgate
Company: Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
07/08/2014 Mark Bartlett

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