Eurotunnel buoyed as heightened security curbs lorry drivers’ fears

Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel today revealed its best-ever April as measures to reassure lorry drivers using the crossing during the Calais migrant crisis paid off.

The Anglo-French logistics giant said 139,200 trucks travelled through the tunnel last month.

Growth came after investments were made last year to provide greater security for drivers, including increased video surveillance, extra policing and new fencing.

The moves allayed truckers’ fears about passing through Calais after a spate of attacks from migrants trying to reach the UK.

It marks the sixth month in a row that a record has been set, and the highest April traffic since commercial operations began in 1994.

Eurotunnel commercial director Jo Willacy said: “Truck drivers arriving at our Coquelles terminal in France access an enlarged, comfortable and secure site.”