thousands of containers at felixstowe. normally, containers passed through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk s largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. likely to have an impact in december. ~ , december. food i think will continue to move. december. food i think will continue to move- pigs december. food i think will continue to move- pigs in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. l to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have in the united kingdom will sustain us more than happily. but toys, electrical goods, white goods, it will be difficult to get them in. more than one third of the uk s freight container traffic is handled at felixstowe. maersk is re routing elsewhere to europe, using smaller vessels in an attempt to ease supply chain pressure. adam s haulage business
in the union. so unionists say they want the sea border to go. when it comes to the other parties, nationalists and cross community parties, for example, the alliance party, they say they oppose brexit altogether, but the protocol is the least worst option and they suggest the practical impacts are being exaggerated by unionists. the biggest unionist party, the democratic union is, they say if the changes are not to their satisfaction, at the end of the month, they will pull ministers out of the power sharing devolved government, so the stakes certainly are very high. government, so the stakes certainly are very high- are very high. thanks very much. chris page are very high. thanks very much. chris page in are very high. thanks very much. chris page in belfast. the uk s largest commercial port says the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers. the port of felixstowe, which handles over a third of the uk s freight container traffic, blamed the busy pre chri
on the situation at felixstowe. packed up and now backed up. christmas stock stuck in thousands of containers at felixstowe. normally, containers would pass through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk s largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have in the united kingdom will sustain us more than happily. but toys, electrical goods, white goods, it will be difficult to get them in. more than a third of the uk s freight container traffic is handled at felixstowe. shipping giant maersk is now re routing some of its biggest ships away from the port to elsewhere to europe, using smaller vessels to unload goods in an attempt to ease supply chain pressure. adam s haulage business moves 100 containers a day,
of today s release was the low level of redundancy notices firms are issuing. allaying fears that the end of the furlough scheme at the end of september would trigger an immediate rise injob losses. the government will argue that means the furlough scheme was £70 billion well spent. simon jack, bbc news. the uk s largest commercial port says the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers. the port of felixstowe in suffolk which handles over a third of the uk s freight container traffic blamed the busy pre christmas period and a shortage of lorry drivers. but it said the situation has been improving over the past few days. the world s finance ministers are meeting in the us this week. the international monetary fund has warned that that the global economic recovery from the pandemic is getting weaker. let s talk to our economics editor faisal islam in washington. tell us more about the prospects as