 SpeedFerries operated one service into the port of Calais |
Cross-Channel shoppers in search of last-minute Christmas bargains were hit by a port blockade by French fishermen on Monday. The Boulogne protest disrupted SpeedFerries' Dover-Boulogne services.
The company ran one service into Calais and was making arrangements to cope with the Boulogne closure.
Threatened blockades in Calais and Dunkirk did not take place. The two ports have been affected by blockades in the last few weeks.
Blockades earlier this month, which left thousands of Channel ferry passengers stranded, were said to be in protest at colleagues being arrested for fishing in banned areas.
No warning was given in advance of the protest.
Ferries from P&O, SeaFrance and Norfolkline were affected by the blockade.
Kent Police launched Operation Stack, which sees part of the M20 closed due to a build-up of lorries unable to get into Dover.
One ship carrying 1,215 people had to sail back to Dover without being able to dock at Calais.
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