Eurotunnel sets truck record again

Eurotunnel carried record-breaking truck traffic on its shuttle for the 10th month in a row in August.

It transported 126,769 vehicles between its stations in Folkestone and Coquelles, up 24% on the same time last year.

There has been a 12% increase from January to August, carrying just over one million trucks, verses the same period in 2015.

Passenger traffic slipped by 3%, with 347,920 cars, motorcycles and other vehicles transported, which bosses put down to having only four weekends in August against five last year.

There has been a 1% increase overall from January to August to 1.8 million. Coach traffic has faired the worst this year, down 10% from January to August to a little over 36,000.

Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said: “The speed and frequency of shuttle departures combined with the security of the freight terminal makes the service first choice for the growing express deliveries, just-intime supply chain and perishable goods sectors.”