Across the Irish Sea at the Port Port of Liverpool is where up to 125 people could lose their jobs following a "sustained and significant deterioration" in the number of containers coming in and out of the terminals on Merseyside.

The UK’s second largest ports operator, Peel Ports Group announced that formal consultation notices will be issued at the container terminal on last Friday, September 22, following talks with union representatives. The load on load off (lo-lo) terminal employs approximately 850 staff.

A consultation process is expected to take around 45 days, with the possibility of up to 125 redundancies at the north-west England port.

According to management at Peel Ports, their decision was “extremely regrettable but unavoidable”, adding, “where possible, every effort will be made to redeploy affected staff to alternative roles within the business.”

More from Liverpool Echo on the industrial dispute at the port where there was a drop in UK container volumes estimated to be around 12% during the first half of 2023. This drop follows a 7% decline in 2022.