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As we enter the sixth day of ‘Gilets Jaunes’ protests in France, Sarah Laouadi, FTA’s European Policy Manager, has this advice to share with commercial vehicle drivers planning to use the Dover-Calais route: “FTA advises all drivers planning to travel to Calais, France to be very careful: protests against rising …

The Freight Transport Association FTA is calling on the French government to take urgent action after a van driver was killed when migrants barricaded the A16 near Calais early this morning. The van hit stationary trucks that had been forced to stop at a roadblock of trees and rubble and …

The Freight Transport Association FTA the trade body which represents half the UK’s road fleet, is calling on French authorities to provide more safe lorry parking for trans-European freight transport around Calais, following the closure of four rest areas on the A16 and A26. This week’s announcement by Sanef, the …

The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) considers comments made by Care4Calais charity founder, Claire Moseley in a BBC documentary about the Calais Crisis to be absolutely outrageous. “Ms Moseley’s comments that if truck drivers have to change their job to avoid intimidation passing through Calais it’s not the end of the …

Violent scenes witnessed in and around Calais have been described as unprecedented by the Freight Transport Association (FTA). Touring the Eurotunnel facilities on what was expected to be the busiest day of the year for vehicles travelling through Calais, FTA’s Chris Yarsley saw thousands of migrants attacking trucks as they …