Port blockade enters third day
Cross-channel passengers and truck drivers are suffering a third successive day of travel misery as French fisherman resumed a port blockade.
Fishing boats started blocking the entrances to Calais and Dunkirk at daybreak - with Boulogne closed all night - causing ferry firms to cancel dozens of services and stranding hundreds of Britons on both sides of the channel.
One of the largest firms, P&O Ferries, said it was suspending services from Dover while it pursued court action against the striking fishermen, who are protesting at EU fishing quotas.
The firm took advantage of an overnight lifting of the Calais blockade to move thousands of passengers who had been stuck earlier in the day.
But hundreds more holidaymakers and hauliers were being warned of further disruption and to make alternative travel arrangements.
Long queues of freight traffic were waiting outside ports on the French side of the channel.
A P&O spokeswoman said: "Our priority is to get the blockade permanently lifted, and do what we can for passengers affected."
Ferry firm SeaFrance warned all its services between Dover and Calais were currently suspended.
LD Lines said sailings from Dover to Boulogne had been cancelled, but a service was planning to leave Dover for Dieppe. Norfolkline managed to get a one-way sailing off from Dunkirk, but is advising that other scheduled services were being cancelled due to the blockade.
French fishermen are protesting against strict EU fishing quotas set by the Common Fisheries Policy. French ministers have refused protesters' demands for increased cod quotas, but said they might offer extra financial support.
