Port of Calais reopens after French blockade
The Port of Calais has reopened, following industrial action by French fishermen throughout today, which caused chaos for cross-Channel passengers.
Passengers are being told to check in as normal, but delays are likely and travellers will be booked on the next available service.
The wildcat strike began this morning, when fishing trawlers blockaded the area around Calais, which is France’s biggest passenger port.
Ferry services were unable to operate, with some Dover-bound passengers being re-routed via the Channel tunnel and others to Dunkirk, 20 miles north.
Later this afternoon, the fishermen agreed to allow one ferry through towards England every hour.
P&O Ferries tweeted just before 4.30pm UK time that the port is now open.
The wildcat strike was in protest against electronic pulse fishing, which is used by the Dutch, but which French fishermen say harms fish stocks.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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