Even from miles away, the huge cranes of the Port of Felixstowe dominate the flat, East Anglian landscape around the River Orwell. Beneath them, the silhouettes of huge ships are a reminder of the significant advantages the port – and others in eastern England – enjoy from their proximity to the shipping lanes through the English channel.
The demands of such international gateways loom over the East of England’s transport plans as much as the cranes dominate the Suffolk horizon. The region is home not only to leading ports at Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest container port, and Tilbury but also Stansted Airport, the UK’s third-busiest.
