Ferry to France, Delays ??

Ferry to France, Delays ??

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waynedear

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2,157 posts

166 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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I have a delivery to do in Germany on Monday, luckily it is very small so I can use our Corsa van (liveried and not restricted)
Aiming for a Sunday evening ferry and will be in 'civilian' clothing, what if any holdups should I expect due to the current chaos ??

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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Its a gamble quite frankly, go via the M2, Sunday/Monday is the quietest day for channel crossing, if there's not much of a price difference ( for trucks its cheaper ) try the Dunkirk ferry, 3 hour crossing as opposed to 1 and 3 quarters.

waynedear

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2,157 posts

166 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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Cheers Mike, company has booked ferry, I am sure it will be Dover to Calais, guess I will just have to see what happens

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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I shipped out last Sunday, very quiet, on the way back I got stung, however OP Stack is on, but if you are booked on as a car, you will get priority over freight.
just make sure you go M2/A2 way in no matter what the overhead matrix sign says.

iguana

7,025 posts

259 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Booked as freight or not? If freight you would really have to be in stack, you could try a cheeky nip round tho, if as non freight, you are in a far better position, I'd check with yr co.

(I'm at tunnel French side now 1900 Sat eve, no stack or delay this side)

waynedear

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2,157 posts

166 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Have to find out if booked as freight or not, we have an automatic account with P&O is all I know

waynedear

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Tuesday 28th July 2015
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A2/M2 worked perfectly, we were booked freight ( in a corsa) about a 40 minute delay going to Calais.
Calais back to Dover nearly 4 hour delay, still at least it was warm and sunny.