More than 100 jobs at risk at the Port of Liverpool

The port’s owner, Peel Ports, has issued the affected employees with a formal HR1 redundancy notice.

Citing a “marked deterioration” in the volume of containers the port handles and a difficult trading environment, the company said the move was “extremely regrettable but now unavoidable, given the economic backdrop.”

The group attributed the decline in the cargo market to a combination of economic factors, including higher energy costs, rising interest rates, and the declining demand for imported manufactured goods.

The redundancy news was announced last week, at the beginning of a week-long walk out demanding a pay rise in line with the current RIP inflation rate, which is 12.3%. Unite said recently that almost 600 port workers will walkout again for two weeks from 24 October until 7 November.

Alexandra Herdman, Public Policy Manager, Logistics UK, said: “Unprecedented economic headwinds are placing enormous pressures on both port operators and their workers, and we hope that the two sides can reach an agreement on pay in the coming weeks. The work of container ports like Liverpool is vitally important for the UK’s export market and therefore integral to the wider UK economy.”

*www.logistics.org.uk/campaigns/maritime-logistics

Published On: 20/10/2022 15:45:00

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