Labor dispute in coastal town to shutter harbor for eight days Container terminal is nation’s busiest, vital for Asia trade Shipping containers on the dockside at Port of Felixstowe Ltd. Photographer: Darren Staples/Bloomberg Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks trade and supply chains disrupted by the pandemic. Sign up here . Site of the last attempted invasion of England, the coastal town of Felixstowe is about to absorb another shock from the sea. Only this time the problem will be with foreign ships that don’t come ashore. Starting Sunday, about 2,000 dockers at the Port of Felixstowe will go on strike for eight days, halting the flow of goods through the UK’s largest gateway for containerized imports and exports. Handling about a third of Britain’s total container volume and an even bigger share of direct trade with Asia, the east coast settlement of about 25,000 people is […]