STRONG winds battering the Suffolk coast today knocked down stacks of containers at Britain's biggest port.A large number of boxes were blown over in quayside storage parks at Felixstowe.Port officials said rail and yard operations had been affected and for the safety of all port users access was being restricted to operational areas. “Vehicles are being marshalled on site and will be processed through to operational areas as soon as it is safe to do so,” said a port spokesman.The situation was being monitored, and hauliers were advised there would be delays and they may wish to consider re-scheduling their arrivals.Operation Stack was not in place at present - traffic levels are not as high at weekends as on weekdays.
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“Vehicles are being marshalled on site and will be processed through to operational areas as soon as it is safe to do so,”
Yeah right,where an RTG was working last night there was one single cone with a flashing light stuck on the RTG drive line where a stack of boxes had toppled over onto the far side roadway. It was not so long ago we would have cleared up the container lines before starting work again even on nights where let's face it it's the quietest time to do this sort of operation, what's the matter have we not got the resources or expertise to do this now?
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