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     Captain Haddock wrote:
    Fun Fact - Operation Stack (parking traffic up on A20/M20 due to hold ups at port) was first used in 1988 - 35 years ago!

    Parking Dover bound export freight on the M20/A20 - ‘Operation Stack’ as it is now known actually started several years previous to 1988. At the time i was a Freight Supervisor DHB at the Eastern Docks IFA. One particular Tuesday evening we arrived at 1800hrs for our 12 hour night shift. Four of us were instructed to take the freight section Bedford mini bus up to the Newington roundabout/junction and “HOLD THE FREIGHT’, that became its name for several years. We were issued with a 4x3m portakabin, with two seats, a portaloo and a field telephone to liaise with Terminal Control. Happy days.

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