France - Striking Seamen Divert Sealink Ferry

(23 Feb 1995) T/I: 10:42:29 Striking French seamen forced a Stena Sealink Channel ferry carrying 380 passengers from Dover to Calais to change course for the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on Thursday (23/2) at the start of a 48-hour national stoppage. All British ferries sailing from Dover to France -- those of market-leader P&O European Ferries as well as Stena -- were being diverted to Zeebrugge to avoid trouble with the strikers. Earlier, about 500 strikers clashed with riot police in Boulogne. The police fired tear gas to disperse the seamen. SHOWS CALAIS, FRANCE (23/2) cars lining up to check in vs of motorists at terminal cu booth police vans past pedestrians at foot bridge striker unloading wooden sticks from trunk group of seamen talking seamen carrying banner more of seamen ws port row of police vans, car past cu riot police standing by cu riot police rows of cars past booth cu woman in booth seamen walking away car approaching channel tunnel terminal exterior "le shuttle" (channel tunnel) check-in building 2.15 ends Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...