Blockade of Channel ports lifted
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 17, 2009 00:00
CALAIS, France - Cross-Channel ferries resumed yesterday as French fishermen called off a crippling three-day blockade of Channel ports following a multi-million-euro offer of state aid.
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The blockade stranded thousands of travelers and caused massive tailbacks of trucks in southern England, sparking angry reactions from ferry firms. The fishermen said they now would find other ways to protest over their catch quotas.
A spokesman for Dover port in England said ferries to Calais and Dunkirk in France were "running normally with space available." About 500 fishermen blocked the ports of Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne on Tuesday and Wednesday to demand the right to return to sea after their annual catch quotas had been filled. "We are going to continue our movement to show we are mobilized, but we are going to change our type of action," said Bruno Dachicourt of the CFTC union.