Hauliers seek compensation for Calais crisis

The trade body representing Ireland’s freight transport operators has called on the Government to seek compensation from French counterparts for the losses members are suffering due to continuing disruption in Calais.

The Freight Transport Association of Ireland said its members have lost millions of euro because of Operation Stack, a traffic control measure in England deployed due to French industrial action and the threat of migrants gaining access to the Channel Tunnel.

The action has led to freight trucks parked or ‘stacked’ along the M20 motorway in England to avoid causing gridlock elsewhere.