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STORM in a port" seems be the Transport and
eneral Workers' Union's lotto. The union, having failed lorganise a national dock rike in aid of the miners, is Ding its best to close Duthampton to shipping and 3S lost it some of its best istomers. They have gone to spendable Felixstowe, where e charge for handling a )ntainer is £15 less than at
Southampton, or, in the case of P&O, to equally steadfast Portsmouth.
This may be good news for hauliers serving the east-coast port but is a serious blow to those working to and from the Solent. Southampton dockers may have jobs for life under the national dock labour scheme but the hauliers who rely on them certainly do not.
As a container terminal Southampton has become one of Britain's leading "passenger" ports.