Striking ferry workers to ease blockade of Calais port


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Jul 2015

Tires set into fire by workers operating on the MyFerryLink car and passenger ferry boats burn on the tracks at the entrance of the Eurotunnel Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France in Coquelles near Calais, northern France, June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Striking ferry workers blocking access to Calais port in northern France agreed on Wednesday to let some boats through, partly lifting a blockade in its third day.

Workers at ferry service MyFerryLink are trying to prevent job cuts after their company was sold to a Danish company earlier this month.

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