Breaking News - Pride of Kent aground

• Captain Haddock

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  10 December 2017     13:32336935
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  Calais port closed. All traffic transferred to Dunkirk.
  
  http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/12/10/97001-20171210FILWWW00067-port-de-calais-un-ferry-s-echoue-trafic-interrompu.php
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• Captain Haddock

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  10 December 2017     13:34336937
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  https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/890496/Calais-P-O-ferry-port-crash-Storm-Ana-weather-alert-winds-France
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• Captain Haddock

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  10 December 2017     13:38336938
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  Whoops!
  
  

  
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• Captain Haddock

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  10 December 2017     13:48336939
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• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  10 December 2017     14:05336942
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• Captain Haddock

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  10 December 2017     14:09336943
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  If you 'zoom in' on Calais Port you can follow developments here:- https://www.vesselfinder.com/
  
  'Click' on vessel and picture comes up on LHS.
  
  Then click on 'track' to see previous movement.
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• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
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  10 December 2017     15:02336947
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  Just on the news she has been re-floated and the 300 passengers to be transferred to another ship.
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  11 December 2017     10:20336970
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  Unsurprisingly ferries are subject to 90 minutes delay due to the weather.
• Captain Haddock

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  11 December 2017     10:45336972
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   howard mcsweeney1 wrote:

  Unsurprisingly ferries are subject to 90 minutes delay due to the weather.

  
  
  Often the delays are due to the 'wether'.
  
  Wether or not the French are on strike!
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
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