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Felixstowe & Harwich
Bidder: Freeport East
Value: £500m investment. £650m boost to local economy.
Job creation: 13,500
Two of the historically busiest ports in England have entered a joint bid for Freeport status under a UK government competition to identify up to ten locations around the country. Felixstowe, known primarily for intermodal traffic, and Harwich for ferry sailings, lie opposite each other on the north and south banks of the estuary of two confluent rivers. Both facilities are owned by Hutchison Ports.
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