kilometers of traffic jams on the A16 and on the bypass at the port
It is better to avoid the Calais sector if you are driving this Thursday on the A16. Files of trucks waiting to access the port. Traffic is severely disrupted due to the shutdown of the P&O company.
If you are driving on the A16, kilometers of trucks are blocked at the port of Calais on the ring road, also at interchange 42 and traffic is greatly slowed down in the Calais/Boulogne direction on the motorway. It is recommended to avoid this area if possible.
Five boats instead of eight
The suspension of cross-Channel traffic by the P&O company is seriously disrupting freight traffic. The two remaining companies, Irish Ferries and DFDS, must now absorb P&O customers, i.e. 500 trucks per day. Currently 5 boats instead of 8 make the crossing.
The P&O company has almost 50% of truck traffic
“All the trucks will pass but with delay, it will become more fluid in the next few hoursindicates Jean-Marc Puissesseau, president of the port of Calais. The P&O company has almost 50% of the truck traffic so there is a lack of boats and the parking lots are full.“
Such a scenario should not happen again next week given that P&0 should resume service next Wednesday.