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The world's largest container ship at Britain's largest container port, the Ever Alot, arrived on Thursday and normally would be long gone by now,
世界上最大的集装箱船“Ever Alot”号于周四抵达英国最大的集装箱港口，而通常情况下，这艘船现在早就应该已经离开了，
but strike action by Felixstowe's 1900 dock workers has stopped operations.
但如今，却因费利克斯托港1900名工人的罢工行动而停止了运行。
The Unite union says a recently increased offer of a 7% pay rise doesn't keep pace with spiraling inflation.
英国联合工会表示，最近提出的7%的加薪协议，远远追不上不断上升的通货膨胀率。
It's seeking a double-digit raise, that it says would share surging corporate profits $71 million at last count, more equitably with the workers.
工会目前正在寻求两位数的加薪，并表示，根据最新统计，这将使员工更公平地分享7100万美元的激增利润。
"Now unfortunately, we've yet to be given an offer which we think we can take back and which reflects our members' aspirations."
遗憾的是，我们现在还没有收到一个我们认为可以接受的、符合我们工会成员期望的报价。
Felixstowe Port says it was reminded in recent days by the Bank of England of the inflationary effects of big pay rises.
费利克斯托港方面则表示，最近几天，英格兰银行一直在提醒该公司注意大幅加薪带来的通胀效应。
The port company accuses the union of using the workers in a national struggle.
该港口公司职责工会是在目前全国性的困境中利用工人。
The question is how far the effects of this shutdown will ripple through the UK economy.
问题是此次罢工的影响会在多大程度上波及英国经济。
The port says the effects will be manageable, pointing to the lessons learned during the supply chain disruption of the pandemic.
港口方面提到了在疫情期间供应链中断所吸取的教训，表示该影响将是可控的。
