Ferry News Archive
Cross Channel ferry strike over
Date: 17 Mar 2008 00:00 Source: BBC NewsA strike by ferry workers in France that led to traffic disruption across Kent has ended in a pay rise for staff.
SeaFrance said management and officers had signed an agreement and sailings between Dover and Calais would resume on Friday afternoon.
The ferry operator said a full service would resume on Saturday.
The industrial action lasted for more than two weeks and saw Channel-bound freight having to park on the M20 to await crossings, under Operation Stack.
SeaFrance workers first staged a 24-hour walkout on 27 February, but the action then continued until the agreement was signed on Friday.
Service resuming
A statement issued by the ferry operator said management and officers had agreed on a pay rise for chief officers, second engineers and second officers, in return for productivity gains.
It said: "SeaFrance apologises again to its customers for the inconvenience of recent weeks and is preparing to resume its service at the normal level of excellence that its customers have come to expect as soon as possible."
Operation Stack resumed on the M20 on Friday morning before the industrial action ended.
Police implemented phase two, which sees the coastbound carriageway closed between junctions eight and nine and used as a car park for trucks awaiting ferry crossings.
Motorists were advised to avoid the area.
Lorry park plan
The force said Operation Stack would remain until the freight backlog cleared, after the resolution of the dispute.
Chief Constable Mike Fuller said Stack was "an emergency provision" that led to "disruption and congestion".
He said: "This was a chronic problem that was unprecedented in Kent's transport history."
He welcomed proposals by Kent County Council for a lorry park, which were announced on Wednesday.
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