Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

mvengemvenge

mewbie wrote: »

Quote from local rag, Fungus link above, is this...
"Imports through Felixstowe, Britain's biggest container port, are down 16 to 20 per cent, and some haulage firms have gone bust."

There must be a reason for the discrepancy in the two opinions I guess but I can't put my finger on it. Maybe Pickles is a floater after all?

I'm beginning to wonder if Pickles is Gordon Brown...

FungusFighter

mewbie wrote: »

Don't be too hasty FF. I am sure there is an explanation. As Paul Davey said several hundred posts ago people will buy larger electronic goods in a recession, exchanging iPods for CD players for example. So maybe the new type of goods coming in will not fit on your average sized lorry. Of course the papers won't know, but Pickles will have the word on this development.

Speaking of pickles, whatever happened to that Felixstowe Docker character who liked a bit up a tradesmans?

jetski690

mewbie wrote: »

Quote from local rag, Fungus link above, is this...
"Imports through Felixstowe, Britain's biggest container port, are down 16 to 20 per cent, and some haulage firms have gone bust."

There must be a reason for the discrepancy in the two opinions I guess but I can't put my finger on it. Maybe Pickles is a floater after all?

If you take all the figures being quoted they are from Jan to March, undeniably the quietest period ever experienced, but from April to date volumes have increased greatly not port wide but certainly in Felixstowe so much so that certain periods overtime has to be deployed to which our onion friend is taking advantage of. Haulage companies have always gone bust even in the most lucrative of times, so having just gone through our worst period of all time it was likely but unfortunate some were not going to survive.

FungusFighter

jetski690 wrote: »

If you take all the figures being quoted they are from Jan to March, undeniably the quietest period ever experienced, but from April to date volumes have increased greatly not port wide but certainly in Felixstowe so much so that certain periods overtime has to be deployed to which our onion friend is taking advantage of. Haulage companies have always gone bust even in the most lucrative of times, so having just gone through our worst period of all time it was likely but unfortunate some were not going to survive.

So you saying Onion boy's maxing out the overtime?

On a Friday night?:eek: What a waste:rotfl:

FungusFighter

fatpig wrote: »

I bet pickles is the best toilet attendant in the whole of the docks though.

He makes the tea to:eek:

pickles110564

FungusFighter wrote: »

So you saying Onion boy's maxing out the overtime?

On a Friday night?:eek: What a waste:rotfl:

Hi mate, sorry to have been at work doing some overtime, but as you know there is a recession on so have been making hay while the sun sets.

pickles110564

jetski690 wrote: »

If you take all the figures being quoted they are from Jan to March, undeniably the quietest period ever experienced, but from April to date volumes have increased greatly not port wide but certainly in Felixstowe so much so that certain periods overtime has to be deployed to which our onion friend is taking advantage of. Haulage companies have always gone bust even in the most lucrative of times, so having just gone through our worst period of all time it was likely but unfortunate some were not going to survive.

Well said, Dont reckon you will be able to get on that Jetski of yours for much longer if you keep stuffing in all those bacon butties.

pickles110564

FungusFighter wrote: »

Hello babe:D

There's another one in there about how they've closed one half of the dock which is the same as the first post in this thread. Something about an economic downturn though Pickles swore on his grannies nick-nacks it was because they had the decorator's in or soemthing:T

The contractors always wanted Landguard closing down so that they could complete the expansion quicker.
Also as you know the major shipping lines are running deeper and deeper drafted vessels which mean that Landguard cannot service them.

FungusFighter

pickles110564 wrote: »

Hi mate, sorry to have been at work doing some overtime, but as you know there is a recession on so have been making hay while the sun sets.

The board has been waiting with bated breath for your retrn and some answers to the questions of the day:D

How did the vote go?

Are things picking up?

Toilet duck or bleach?

:rotfl:

FungusFighter

fatpig wrote: »

pickles prefers toilet duck I reckon.

I'm more a lager man meself:beer:

Fatpig, you a docker mate?:D Always seem to be on thsi thread, got a vested intrest?;)