Misery with 6hr queues for ferries
THOUSANDS of holidaymakers and truckers were delayed for more than six hours in queues for cross Channel ferries yesterday.
Bad weather and a shortage of ferries were blamed for the chaos at Dover at the start of the Easter holidays.
Capacity at the Kent port was already reduced due to the suspension of P&O ferries following the sacking of 800 workers.
Travel problems were worsened after a DFDS ferry hit a berth in Dunkirk in strong winds and was taken out of service.
Travellers heading for the Channel Tunnel also faced hour-long delays.
Twenty people were arrested yesterday as climate change protesters carried on blocking oil terminals in Grays, Essex.