More than 130 workers at the Port of Liverpool have been told they are at risk of being made redundant, Unite has confirmed.
The union said a total of 132 employees have been issued with a formal HR1 redundancy notice by owner Peel Ports, in a move it branded as "desperate".
The confirmation comes after BusinessLive reported last week that jobs were to be lost at the port. However, at the time, Peel Ports did not confirm how many redundancies could be made.