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CHANNEL CATTLE ROUTE STAYS OPEN

The P&O ferry route between Dover and Calais, the only daily transport link for livestock moving from Britain to Europe remains open to pedigree cattle and genuine breeding stock following intervention by the National Beef Association (NBA) .

European Seaway

The company had wanted to shut down the service, or limit it to single animal consignments because there was no guarantee that some of the cattle on its boats were being transported for further finishing or slaughter.

However talks between the NBA and P&O management resulted in a promise from the Association that the only cattle making the journey would be genuine breeding and milking animals and it will now act as sole booking agent for P&O so consignments can be properly screened.

All livestock movements through P&O will be carried on the five daily, freight-only, crossings on the M/V European Seaway from Dover and they will not accept any international livestock movements on its northern, non-Calais, routes to the Continent because these crossings are judged to be too long for comfortable livestock transport.