Port of Dover blasts French border control for long queues and Easter getaway chaos
A critical incident was declared at the port on Friday due to bad traffic and long delays at French border control.The wait time for coaches was about seven hours from arrival late on Friday.
"Despite considerable pre-planning with our ferry operators, border agency partners and the Kent Resilience Forum and the success of similar plans for processing substantial numbers of coaches during the most recent half term period, the additional coach bookings taken by ferry operators for Easter, has impacted operations for the port.
Operators P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways have reported delays to ferry and coach services, blaming bad weather and hold-ups at French border control. On Friday morning, at 11.18am, the company tweeted that coach traffic was "very busy" with "120 minutes wait" at border controls.
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