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All you need to know about the Port of Felixstowe

The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container seaport in the UK – handling almost 50% of the country’s containerised trade. It’s a well-known powerhouse of trade for the country, with millions of tonnes of goods flowing through the port each year. Here are a few things you may not know about this important UK titan of trade.

Ships galore

The Port of Felixstowe sees more than 3,000 vessels dock each year, including some of the largest in the world.

This year, the port has already had visits from the 400-metre long MSC Loreto, which at the time was the largest container ship in the world, and the OOCL Felixstowe, a 399-metre vessel capable of holding more than 24,000 containers.

Trade links across the world

Not only does the Suffolk port boast the largest amount of containerised goods flowing through it than any other port in the UK, it is connected to hundreds of ports across the world.

The Port of Felixstowe offers 33 services to and from more than 700 ports across the globe, making it among the best connected ports on Earth.

Massive capacity

The Port of Felixstowe boasts nine berths across two terminals, including the Trinity Terminal – one of the longest continuous quays in Europe.

To tackle this amount of cargo, the port is equipped with 29 ship-to-shore gantry cranes along the quay, with a further 88 rubber-tyred gantry cranes.

The port has the capacity to store a massive 152,000 containers across its yards.

A major employer in the region

You may know someone who works at the port – but you may not realise the sheer scale of how many people work at the port every day.

The Port of Felixstowe employs more than 2,500 people at the port itself, however hundreds more are based around the port, with thousands of staff employed by companies that support its work.

Close to home

Infinity Logistics’ headquarters is based just minutes outside the Port of Felixstowe, giving us easy access to the UK’s foremost trade port. It’s the place we call home.

However, our national network means we cover every deep-sea port in the UK, including Southampton, London Gateway and Tilbury, as well other big UK ports such as Liverpool, Teesport, Immingham, Bristol, Greenock and Grangemouth.

For more on Infinity Logistics and our services, see here.

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