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Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

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  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Looks like Felixstow has dropped out of the top 5 docks in the country now - Pickles/Jetski mate, gotta work harder;)


    The leading ports by tonnage in 2008 were:

    Grimsby & Immingham 65.3 Mt
    London 53.0 Mt
    Tees and Hartlepool 45.4 Mt
    Southampton 41.0 Mt
    Forth 39.1 Mt

    (Dover, the leading ro-ro port, handled 2.3 million road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailer units (3 per cent lower than in 2007). Felixstowe, the leading container port, handled 1.9 million containers (3.1 million TEU), a 6 per cent decrease on 2007.

    (Same old link as above)
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    FungusFighter wrote: »
    Looks like Felixstow has dropped out of the top 5 docks in the country now - Pickles/Jetski mate, gotta work harder;)


    The leading ports by tonnage in 2008 were:

    Grimsby & Immingham 65.3 Mt
    London 53.0 Mt
    Tees and Hartlepool 45.4 Mt
    Southampton 41.0 Mt
    Forth 39.1 Mt

    (Dover, the leading ro-ro port, handled 2.3 million road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailer units (3 per cent lower than in 2007). Felixstowe, the leading container port, handled 1.9 million containers (3.1 million TEU), a 6 per cent decrease on 2007.

    (Same old link as above)



    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    pickles110564 wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Well cheers Jetski mate, knew we could count on you for up to date and incisive commentary on the situation:D
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    FungusFighter wrote: »
    Well cheers Jetski mate, knew we could count on you for up to date and incisive commentary on the situation:D

    Fungus, Dear friend you are not doing your normally good research.
    We are the number one British Port in CONTAINER TRAFFIC not bulk transport.
    Thanx for the concern mate but as I have been saying all along Felixstowe is doing very well with a full quay all the time.
    I would expect that in November the usual end of year slowdown will reappear and will remain until March or April.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    pickles110564 wrote: »
    full quay all the time.
    That's 1 full quay, not 2 full quays presumably.
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    pickles110564 wrote: »
    Fungus, Dear friend you are not doing your normally good research.
    We are the number one British Port in CONTAINER TRAFFIC not bulk transport.
    Thanx for the concern mate but as I have been saying all along Felixstowe is doing very well with a full quay all the time.
    I would expect that in November the usual end of year slowdown will reappear and will remain until March or April.

    Hate to burst your bubble Picles mte but you ain't no mate of mine as you jolly well know:naughty:

    I'm just on here having a bit of fun and exposing hypocrisy where I see it:D
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    That's 1 full quay, not 2 full quays presumably.

    Our new development is progressing very well and hopefully new quay will be open for business in the second quarter of 2010.
  • jetski690
    jetski690 Posts: 276 Forumite
    Look at this link at anytime and you can see for yourselves how busy we are. The second web cam is the on going development of the new deep sea berth.
    http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/portdevelopment/FSR/webcam.aspx
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    http://pofunite.blogspot.com/2009/09/uk-ports-volumes-11-down-in-first-half.html

    Interesting...?
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    pickles110564 wrote: »
    Our new development is progressing very well and hopefully new quay will be open for business in the second quarter of 2010.

    Oh goodie, at current rates of decline you'll be able to admire it from the observation area after you go collect your giro:D
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
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