on supermarket shelves. but there s still concern at the impact of the strike. longer term, if the situation isn t resolved, it s going to have a reputational impact both on ourselves as dfds and the port of felixstowe as a safe operating zone, and customers will necessarily look elsewhere. the department for transport said felixstowe is well set to mitigate disruption and supply chains are resilient, but unless there s movement in this dispute, nothing here will move for at least a week. mark ashdown, bbc news. marc ashdown, bbc news. earlier i spoke to the industrial correspondent for pa media, alanjones, and asked him why this strike is going ahead. all these disputes which are breaking out all over the place now, they re mainly about pay. and the main driver of these is the rate of inflation seems to be completely out of control. so the union has rejected an offer they say is worth 7%. the companies say it s worth between 8.1% and 9.5%. you know, not not that long ago, those kind o
how many containers are we likely to have stuck on the port over the next. ? it s difficult to gauge, but i d say in the region of about 250 containers. 250, that s quite substantial, isn t it? seaport facilities imports for companies of all sizes, but next week is going to hit them hard. we ve had quite a few containers arrive over the weekend at felixstowe, which are now stuck here for at least seven days. so there will be increased charges to the importer, the importer will not be able to get his goods for the next seven days at least, and this will have an impact on the actual consumer, who ll have to wait longer for the goods to arrive in the shops. the port of felixstowe says the strike is disappointing and believes the pay offer is reasonable. we believe we ve made a very fair offer to the workers here. we ve offered them 7% plus £500. that equates this year to an increase in earnings of between 8.1% and 9.6%, depending on the job. the union says you re a very
who ll have to wait longer for the goods to arrive in the shops. the port of felixstowe says the strike is disappointing and believes the pay offer is reasonable. we think we ve made a very fair offer to the workers here. we ve offered them 7% plus £500. that equates this year to an increase in earnings of between 8.1% and 9.6%, depending on thejob. the union says you re a very successful, profitable company, giving lots of money in dividends to shareholders. could more of that money not be given to the workers? well, we are a very successful company, and we invest a lot. we ve invested millions over the years, we ve invested hundreds of millions of pounds in this port, which keeps it successful and helps protect those jobs for the long term. after the pandemic, most firms have good contingency plans for re routing, so we re more likely to see minor delays on white goods rather than shortages
that equates this year to an increase in earnings of between 8.1% and 9.6%, depending on thejob. the union says you re a very successful, profitable company, giving lots of money in dividends to shareholders. could more of that money not be given to the workers? well, we are a very successful company, and we invest a lot. we ve invested millions over the years, we ve invested hundreds of millions of pounds in this port, which keeps it successful and helps protect those jobs for the long term. after the pandemic, most firms have good contingency plans for re routing, so we re more likely to see minor delays on white goods rather than shortages on supermarket shelves. but there s still concern at the impact of the strike. longer term, if the situation isn t resolved, it s going to have a reputational impact both on ourselves as dfds and the port of felixstowe as a safe operating zone, and customers will necessarily look elsewhere. the department for transport said felixstowe is well set
meet and have proper serious, constructive discussions designed to find a resolution, and to do that we have to give those discussions time to do that, but we are not going to do it with a gun against our head and againstan do it with a gun against our head and against an arbitrary deadline, so if they suspended the strike, we would be more than happy to talk, but again, unite refused to do that. they are very keen on this strike. paul, we will have to leave it there, paul davey from hutchison ports which runs the port of felixstowe, thank you very much for your time. moving on. the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, aleksandr dugin, has reportedly been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there s been no comment from the authorities but pictures posted on social media show the burning wreck of a car on a suburban road. it s thought that her father who s often called putin s brain could have been the int