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The Scottish Government has welcomed a pilot “quick to market” plan to prioritise fresh produce caught up in delays at Calais.
Fisheries and Food Secretary Richard Lochhead said: “The Scottish Government has repeatedly called for action from the outset of this disruption, and so I welcome this move to prioritise key consignments – including fresh produce – through the Channel Tunnel and Port of Dover. At last we are seeing common ...
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Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed an extra £7m funding for new fencing at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais, following yet another attempt by migrants to storm the entrance last night. The BBC reported that one man was killed after he was hit by a truck in the incident, ...
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The Scottish Government has raised concerns over the effect that the recent disruption to cross-Channel services was having on Scottish seafood exports, including an incident in which vehicles carrying fish from the Highlands to the continent were damaged by protesters in France.
Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said Continental supermarkets and wholesalers ...
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With striking ferry workers once again blocking the road approaches to Calais, the Freight Transport Association is marketing a new portable device that can detect migrants in the back of trucks. The detector picks up CO2 emissions within a 40ft range and can send text or email alerts to the ...
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Chairman of Parliament’s All-Party Freight Transport Group Rob Flello said that the secure waiting area in the port of Calais and plans to deploy 90 officers to an anti people-trafficking taskforce should only be the start of efforts to tackle the problem.
The measures were announced by Home Secretary Theresa May ...
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FTA has told David Cameron that the death of a migrant on a freight train at Calais on 7 july highlighted the need for urgent action to tackle chaos at the port. Following weeks of violent disturbances, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has written to the Prime Minister describing the ...
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The port of Dover has published an open letter to “interested parties” underlining its importance in keeping the nation in business. In it, chief executive Tim Waggott, states:
“If anyone was still under the impression that the Port of Dover was a quaint little port on the south east corner ...
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Operation Stack has on the M20 approaches to Dover and the Channel Tunnel has been partly lifted, after MyFerryLink workers suspended their strike yesterday (2 July), at least for the time being. Further walk-outs are threatened from next Tuesday, warns the Freight Transport Association.
Although the coastbound motorway remains shut between ...
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With the Port of Calais strikebound on 30 June, P&O Ferries operated a limited service to Boulogne for outbound traffic only, using some of its older and smaller vessels. Regular ferry services have not operated to the smaller French port for several years.
Port of Dover chief executive told FBJ that ...
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Calais port has been closed again by strike action, reports the Port of Dover (14.20 29 June). All ferry services to and from Calais are affected, although DFDS Seaways services are still running to Dunkerque as normal, it said. It is the second time that MyFerryLink workers have taken industrial ...
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