What do you think about the Calais blockade costs ?
Steve Clarke
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Steve Clarke
Marketing Manager | Customer Relations, New Business Development, Key Account Management
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has sent a delegation of officials to meet with the organisers of blockade actions at the French port of Calais.
EU affairs manager at the FTA Chris Yarsley has met with David Sangard, president of Calais-based Carpentier Transport & Logistique, the group behind today's (September 5th) demonstrations in Calais that have blocked access to the Channel Tunnel.
He stated:
"We made Mr Sangard aware of the impact of the blockade on both sides of the Channel and the problems it will cause FTA members with scheduling and deliveries.
FTA doesn't support this kind of direct action because of the effect it has on members' businesses and the huge costs involved."
Mr Yarsley added that he sympathises with the plight of the local community in Calais, as the levels of violence that have been witnessed in months gone by have been wholly unacceptable.
