Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

dougs

there was a piece on the BBC Look East program tonight that said that Felixstowe Docks was now suffering a 20% slump in container traffic and that they are starting to lay people off (I think it said 200 jobs went this week)

The story isn't on their website yet (still only got yesterday's program up there) but this is where it will be when they do update it) http://www.bbc.co.uk/lookeast/latest_stories/

treliac

I watched it earlier.

Here's a link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8016941.stm

OMG, can't believe I've contributed to this thread ....... :rotfl:

mewbie_2

treliac wrote: »

OMG, can't believe I've contributed to this thread ....... :rotfl:

It gets everyone in the end.

Now what could Pickles have meant a few pages back when he said volumes were increasing? Perhaps it was an honest mistake.

You see - if he had just said "things are a bit tough" back on page 3 none of the rest of this thread would have happened. But the combined might of MSE and it would seem finally the media are not enough to persuade him that volumes might be down rather than up.

Gotta hand it to him.

jetski690

If anyone's interested in what pickles and the other white hats have been supervising lately look at this
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED23%20Apr%202009%2012%3A14%3A58%3A943

pickles110564

jetski690 wrote: »

If anyone's interested in what pickles and the other white hats have been supervising lately look at this
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED23%20Apr%202009%2012%3A14%3A58%3A943

If you do work at the Port you would know that it is The RTG Driver that moves the boxes without any supervision and that at the moment I am a Quayside Supervisor.
You should be more pleased that the RTG Driver was not hurt in the ACCIDENT.

pickles110564

mewbie wrote: »

It gets everyone in the end.

Now what could Pickles have meant a few pages back when he said volumes were increasing? Perhaps it was an honest mistake.

You see - if he had just said "things are a bit tough" back on page 3 none of the rest of this thread would have happened. But the combined might of MSE and it would seem finally the media are not enough to persuade him that volumes might be down rather than up.

Gotta hand it to him.

Volumes are increasing week on week at the moment and several overtime shifts have been paid.

pickles110564

dougs wrote: »

there was a piece on the BBC Look East program tonight that said that Felixstowe Docks was now suffering a 20% slump in container traffic and that they are starting to lay people off (I think it said 200 jobs went this week)

The story isn't on their website yet (still only got yesterday's program up there) but this is where it will be when they do update it) http://www.bbc.co.uk/lookeast/latest_stories/

So far there have been only voluntary redundencies, the people that were involved in the restructure are on their three month garden leave and as such have still not left the business.

agent_orange_2

I have spoken with several dockers who have taken voluntary, all of them long termers.
They have been more than happy to help the company out during it's time of need.
In fact they are better off financially than if they had seen their years out.

jetski690

Yep many were going to retire this year anyway so they are laughing all the way to the bank.

Willievergetone

Nice work if you can get it.

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED24%20Apr%202009%2011%3A00%3A51%3A530