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Dover ferry passengers warned of 'significant delays' as huge queue of coaches builds up

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Ferry passengers face long delays at Dover this morning after the port declared a 'critical incident'. P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways also reported delays to ferry and coach services, blaming bad weather, the Easter getaway and hold-ups at French border controls as for the queues.

The BBC reports round 70 coaches were waiting at the port to be processed early on Saturday morning, with children on school coach trips said to have been stuck at the port for more than 12 hours. Read more: The boy who hasn't been to school all year and is growing more violent each day The Port of Dover said on Saturday morning it was 'deeply frustrated' that coach traffic was suffering 'significant delays'.

It said in a statement: "The Port of Dover is deeply frustrated by last night's and this morning's situation and particularly so on behalf of all the ferry operators' coach passengers who have had to endure such a long wait at the port. "Whilst freight and car traffic was processed steadily regardless of the additional challenging weather conditions and high seasonal volumes, coach traffic suffered significant delays due to lengthy French border processes and sheer volume.

Despite considerable pre-planning with our ferry operators, border agency partners and the Kent Resilience Forum and the success of similar plans for processing substantial numbers of coaches during the most recent half term period, the additional coach bookings taken by ferry operators for Easter, has impacted operations for the port. "Through the ferry operators and the port, food and drink has been provided to those coach passengers caught up in the border queues.

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