Cross-channel ferry services have reopened following a fresh blockade at the Port of Calais which disrupted the bank holiday journeys of thousands of passengers.

The Channel Tunnel reopened yesterday after a three-hour shut down caused by striking ferry workers who lit fires on the tracks.

Debris found at the scene of a hit and run in which a cyclist died, came from a vehicle driven by a 22-year-old man on trial in connection with the incident.

Holidaymakers heading for the continent by ferry next year could pay up to 30% more because of new European Commission shipping rules, a leading cruise firm has suggested.

Thirteen children, including a child as young as one, were among the Afghan immigrants rescued from a shipping container on Saturday.

Police are expected to question a group of immigrants who were found inside a shipping container at a busy port as they continue their investigation into how they were trafficked into the country.

Incredible footage of a 26,000-tonne passenger ferry being deliberately beached at a shipbreaker's yard in Turkey.

A morbidly obese Frenchman left stranded in Britain after being stopped from boarding a Eurostar train for safety reasons is due to finally return home.

The world’s oldest shipping company has sold its last vessel and is going out of business, according to the liquidator.

Fierce storms battered Britain today with heavy rain and winds gusting over 100mph.

Motorists are being advised to drive with extra care this morning as Hurricane Katia continues to batter parts of Ireland.

THE Cork-Swansea ferry is to reduce its number of winter sailings this year and concentrate more on “chasing the money” by ensuring its service fits in with major rugby fixtures.

THE Cork-Swansea ferry is to reduce its number of winter sailings this year and concentrate more on “chasing the money” by ensuring its service fits in with major rugby fixtures.

BELFAST’S deputy harbour master is among those who tragically lost their lives during yesterday’s shocking accident.

P&O Ferries has announced the cancellation of a number of sailings on the Dublin-Liverpool route over the coming week due to technical problems.

IRISH Continental Group (ICG) is confident of reaching a deal regarding the future of its Pride of Bilbao ferry in the autumn.

A SIGNIFICANT decline in earnings is expected when leading ferry and freight services business, Irish Continental Group (ICG) publishes its full-year results, for 2009, next week.

IRISH Continental Group (ICG) is looking at options concerning the operation of one of its largest passenger ferries after the vessel’s current operator said it wouldn’t be renewing its lease.

Daytime Dover-Calais ferry services in were resuming today after protesting French fishermen decided to call off their blockade of the port of Calais.

MARINE weather forecaster Nowcasting International has signed a €300,000, three-year deal with Canadian global energy company Nexen to support its North Sea operations.

P&O today confirmed the sale of its cold logistics business for £183m (€268m) as it continued to weigh up a multi-billion pound takeover approach.

A key Channel ferry crossing due to be axed in the next few days is to carry on under a new operator, it was announced today.

Brittany Ferries will not proceed with a plan to charter two P&O ferries to sail the Portsmouth-Le Havre route.

Live animal exports have resumed from Rosslare Port following a local family's decision to set up a new ferry service.

Six brothers from Co Wexford have reportedly set up a ferry service between Rosslare and Cherbourg to replace the service axed by P&O Ferries late last year.

Shipping giant P&O is to close four of its 13 ferry routes with the loss of about 1,200 jobs, it was announced today.

Twenty eight people were injured tonight when a ferry hit a wall in Dover harbour, P&O Ferries said.

Shipping group P&O detailed the impact of the foot-and-mouth crisis on passenger numbers today as it warned of more tough times ahead.