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26/7/2015 at 1:47pm
Location: France
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French DFDS site says that crossings from/to Calais have been suspended for Sunday & Monday...No reason given. Using Dunkirk instead.
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26/7/2015 at 2:08pm
Location: Somerset
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On DFDS website 57 mins ago -
"DFDS Seaways Updates at DFDSUKUpdates
We have suspended Calais services due to further disruption at the port ^DW"
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26/7/2015 at 5:35pm
Location: West - North Yorkshi
Outfit: Swift+Speedbird+490+
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We set off from home at 6.00 am this morning, and got to the P and O check-in at Dover at 10.31! That's no different to our normal journey!! We used the A2/M2, and there was little traffic, no queue at all down into the port, and at the roundabout at the entrance to the port we were waved through ahead of all the queueing traffic coming from the M20. P and O were running extra crossings, but we wanted to wait for our booked crossing as we hoped to meet up with friends.
There were no 'marauding strikers' or pickets at the port of Calais, and nothing going on that I could see. There was no 'migrant activity' visible either, in or around Calais, and we had a smooth journey to our hotel, with only one glimpse of an (ex) farmers blockade, with a pile of tyres on a roundabout at the entry to the autoroute near Abbeville.
There are an awful lot of worried people around, but in the scheme of things, whilst it may play havoc with your timings, it may well not.
I said on another forum yesterday that we weren't worried, and would just take it as it comes, and fortunately we have absolutely no need to worry.
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27/7/2015 at 7:06am
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There are reports on French news this morning of farmers taking action on the roads in the Alsace area (where our friends are heading) and showing blockades with hay bales and car tyres.
I'll post again about today's experiences, later.
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27/7/2015 at 9:30am
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DFDS travel
Article in Le Figaro on Thursday 24/7
Le secrétaire d'État aux Transports souhaite que sa proposition puisse déboucher sur la création d'une nouvelle scop avec 150 salariés pour exploiter le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, un fréteur qu'Eurotunnel veut conserver.
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Le secrétaire d'État aux Transport Alain Vidalies a-t-il capitulé face au syndicat maritime Nord dont les marins occupent deux bateaux de MyFerryLink à Calais depuis le 29 juin?
Jeudi midi, un protocole d'accord a été présenté par le ministère au différentes parties pour mettre fin au conflit entre certains salariés de la scop SeaFrance, Eurotunnel, le propriétaire des bateaux et DFDS, la compagnie danoise à qui Eurotunnel a décidé de louer puis de céder deux ferries. Ce plan de paix est mis sur la table alors que le tribunal de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer a décidé de repporter à mardi sa décision sur la liquidation de la scop SeaFrance.
Une nouvelle scop pour le Nord-Pas-de-Calais
En résumé, ce protocole que le gouvernement souhaiterait voir signé lundi prochain propose qu'une nouvelle scop avec 150 salariés soit créé pour exploiter le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, un fréteur qu'Eurotunnel souhaite conserver. Ce dernier avait exprimé son intention de conserver 120 emplois.
Le danois DFDS s'engagerait à recruter 230 salariés de l'actuelle scop. Jusque là, il s'était engagé à en reprendre 220. Les salariés restants qui ne seraient recrutés ni par Eurotunnel ni par DFDS se verraient proposer une solution dans les trois mois.
My french is only moderate but it seems new proposals will be put to all parties on Tuesday midday, involves more jobs and a new SCOP.
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