As a port city, Liverpool has plenty of naval heritage and, ever since its 1207 creation, was used by the English monarchy as a supply base to support their campaigns in Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Almost 600 Unite members at the Port of Liverpool had taken part in a number of strikes and further action was due to take place on 14 November after the union said pay talks ended in "chaos".

Hundreds of dock workers have begun a strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the Unite union at the Port of Liverpool have walked out for two weeks until 3 October. Peel Ports Group, which ...