2000 Press reports predict labour trouble at Felixstowe Blues are insisting on parity with greens. Hutchison Whampoa, owners of Felixstowe, have also announced plans to expand its Harwich facilities into a major deep-sea container port. Felixstowe has applied to the government to extend its quayside by 270M to enable the port to accept two of the latest generation container vessels at the same time. The fuel tax dispute that has paralysed Britain has ended almost everywhere just as quickly as it began . Dutch paper group, Kappa are reported to be in negotiation to build a new factory plus processing plant .
French interests are also furiously and methodically collecting data.
Furious environmentalists are predicting increased road congestion . The Rails Felixstowe needs a renewal of permission to complete its expansion. There is opposition. The Government has finally agreed to examine the question of vehicle and fuel tax and its impact on the UK Road Haulage industry.