‘A day in the Life of’ Project, 1993':

Includes operations at the Port of Felixstowe: including management meeting record, planning department ship files, staff lists, dangerous cargo manifests and port police forms.

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Administrative / biographical background
The Port of Felixstowe, in Felixstowe, Suffolk is the UK's busiest container port, dealing with 35% of the country's container cargo. It was developed following the abandonment of a project for a deep-water harbour at Maplin Sands. In 2005, it was ranked as the 28th busiest container port in the world and Europe's sixth busiest.