# Eight days of strikes at Felixstowe will test supply chain limits | RailFreight.com

> Unite union announced an eight-day strike at Felixstowe beginning August 21 unless last-minute talks succeed. The strike involves about 1,900 members in a dispute over a below-inflation pay offer. The port is the UK's largest container terminal and its busiest intermodal rail freight hub.

- Date: 2022-08-08 · published 2022-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40076-eight-days-of-strikes-at-felixstowe-will-test-supply-chain-limits-railfreight
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A week-long shutdown at the main UK container gateway would reroute and delay feed and food imports, adding cost pressure on UK buyers. Impact on global feed prices should remain limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-22 | [Fears over impact of rail strike on Port of Felixstowe containers \| East Anglian Daily Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40939-fears-over-impact-of-rail-strike-on-port-of-felixstowe-containers-east-anglian.md) | +1.8% | -4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-01 | [Food supply could be ‘seriously disrupted’ by Felixstowe strikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40075-food-supply-could-be-seriously-disrupted-by-felixstowe-strikes.md) | +4.5% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-17 | [French port and dock workers union call off 72-hour strike \| RailFreight.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25581-french-port-and-dock-workers-union-call-off-72-hour-strike-railfreight-com.md) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-28 | [Rail strike disrupts supply chain \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26506-rail-strike-disrupts-supply-chain-the-business-standard.md) | +0.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-24 | [Strike at Canadian Pacific has 'no lingering effects' on rail operations \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64058-strike-at-canadian-pacific-has-no-lingering-effects-on-rail-operations-supply.md) | -1.0% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- railfreight.com: https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2022/08/08/eight-days-of-strikes-at-felixstowe-will-test-supply-chain-limits/

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