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Ferry travel disrupted as protesting French sailors blockade Calais port

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Published Mon, Aug 31, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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Calais, France

PROTESTING French seamen blockaded the port of Calais on Sunday, stranding thousands of cross-channel ferry passengers on a busy bank holiday weekend in Britain.

About 15 sailors from the bankrupt firm Scop SeaFrance took to the water in two lifeboats, a source at the port said.

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