BusinessEurotunnel rides out Calais migrant crisis and reports best ever yearMigrants hoping to get to Britain try to access the Eurotunnel siteYui Mok/PAAngela Jameson23 December 2015Eurotunnel’s freight service has had its best-ever year despite the Calais migrant crisis which has caused disruption all year, the operator said.The Anglo-French transport and logistics group, one of France’s biggest quoted companies, said 1,464,880 trucks travelled through the tunnel in 2015.That beat records set in 2012, the year of the London Olympics.Eurotunnel added that traffic had been boosted at the end of the year after new security measures were put in place in the truck terminal in Calais in October. “This extraordinary performance is proof of the confidence that transporters from across Europe have in Eurotunnel and its staff and is recognition of the competitive advantages of the Shuttle service, compared to ferries,” the company said. Read MoreWH Smith hire turnaround veteran with package that could be worth £25mThe cosiest hotels in the CotswoldsBlue Posts boss: If opening a pub becomes so risky, people just won't do itSponsoredMake 2026 the year of working smarterIt said last week that it was abandoning plans for a freight-only ferry service between Dover and Calais.The traffic record was broken despite further disruption on Sunday, caused by a broken rail.Eurotunnel is aggressively building its freight business and has three more truck shuttles on order.It says 45% capacity is still available on its freight rail services.MORE ABOUTTravelFreight transportEurotunnelCalaisMigrant crisis
