It is reported that Port of LiverPool has announced its plan to reorganize its container sector and will launch a layoff consultation process next week.

The main container port of the United Kingdom stated that this decision is very regrettable, but in the current economic background, this is inevitable.

In a statement, Liverpool stated that as interest rates rose, energy costs rose, and consumer demand for finished products and imported goods weakened, the current global economic prospects were dim, and the freight volume of the marketing market was significantly declined.

At the same time, hundreds of workers, operators and engineers in the port are recently held strikes to raise salaries. The two weeks of strikes just ended last week, and then announced that the second round of strike will be held from October 11th to 17th.

A spokesman for Liverpool Port operator Pil Port Group said: "In the past few months, we see that Liverpool's container cargo transportation volume is declining, which is consistent with industry data of 4.6%of the entire European freight. One point plus the recent sharp decline in the lease rate of container ships by about 50%, indicating that throughput will drop rapidly in the next few months. "

"Although this is a very regrettable situation, as a responsible employer, we need to reorganize now to minimize the potential impact of the decline in the container business on the job."

"We are exploring a variety of different options to protect as many jobs as possible, including re -deploying employees into other business areas affected by the economic crisis."

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