The Port of Dover has declared a critical incident as traffic caused by the Easter getaway led to long delays. Ferry companies P&O and DFDS Seaways also reported delays to ferry and coach services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls as partly responsible for waits and queues.
P&O Ferries announced on Twitter just before 9pm that it was providing refreshments to coach passengers waiting at the cruise terminal and working on getting food and drink to passengers waiting in the buffer zone at the entrance to the port. The port said high volumes of coach traffic were due to the Easter holidays.
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