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Hi all, French port workers have been doing a series of intermittent strikes, causing various ferries to be cancelled. For example todays ( Thursday ) sailing Dublin to Cherbourg with Irish ferries has been cancelled, due to industrial action. We are due to sail this route in March on a Thursday. I have googled and can find all the strike dates through February, but cannot find any dates for March. Do any of you fellow Snowheads who reside in France have any further information of whether the strikes are planned to go into March. If we know in advance we could make plans to travel via the UK and either Dover ferry of Eurotunnel.
Many thanks in advance.
Tim B
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Gosh, what a pain, @Timbobaggins. Hope it works out.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Timbobaggins, could you book a cheapish, throwaway flight in case plans are scuppered? Nothing announced for March yet that I could find either, and nothing at all for Calais or Dunkerque
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Cross channel services are also affected, so may well disrupt more of your group's plans.
It doesn't look as if any strike dates for March have yet been announced. They've only just announced those for next week (Wed and Thurs).
https://www.worldcargonews.com/business/2025/02/new-port-strikes-in-france/
Only giving a week's notice may be a deliberate plan to add pressure.
Do you have an option of flight and car hire?
As you were intending to drive anyway, the airport of destination could be largely irrelevant and you might get a decent deal on price.
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Yes we are looking at all options to be on safe side
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We kind of did the opposite during the ash cloud disruption. An overnight with a friend in Manchester and a return flight to Geneva ended up as a ferry crossing car ride to Val Thorens. I took a punt on a £30 ferry to Dunkerque. Apart from the traffic jam near Bourg-en-bresse, and me having to drive the rest of the way after the other passengers drank all the beer on the autoroute, it turned into a good journey. I think our flight actually took off in the end, but we'd claimed the offered refund by then.
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Take the ferry to Spain.
Avoid communist France.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Another nugget from @Whitegold,
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| Another nugget from @Whitegold, |
as always
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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dates for March strikes now in
4th 6th 10th 12th 24th 26th 28th
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Alastair Pink, take the ferry to Belgium Alastair and avoid communist France
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You know it makes sense.
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It’s supposed to be a “port mort” today but most of the X Channel ferries are running with the odd cancellation this afternoon.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Alastair Pink, i am with Irish ferries, the Dublin to Cherbourg on Tuesday this week was cancelled due to the strike, looking at their web site, they would put us on Rosslare to Pembroke, credit us with £75 for fuel to drive to Dover to get an Irish ferry to France, assuming the Calais ports are not striking as well. We are due to sail from Dublin next Thursday 6th March and arrive Cherbourg on 7th, which is currently not a strike day
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Poster: A snowHead
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@chocksaway, think they are striking at certain ports, but blockading other ports, seems to be hit and miss as to what ports they decide to blockade
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@davidof,
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@Alastair Pink, take the ferry to Belgium Alastair and avoid communist France
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ha ha, did you just out yourself as Whitegold 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Timbobaggins, according to The Connexion ex pat webpage, the Dover to Calais routes are going to be particularly badly affected during these dates.
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@andmelffion, hopefully not Cherbourg on 7th March
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@davidof,
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@Alastair Pink, take the ferry to Belgium Alastair and avoid communist France
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ha ha, did you just out yourself as Whitegold |
if only I visited the places he apparently goes to in a season.
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Phew, Looks like our ferry is going.
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