Travelers wishing to cross the Channel from the United Kingdom to France, around the British port of Dover, should be patient, as traffic jams are increasing. In question, storms at sea and lack of ferries, Saturday, April 9. Officials in Kent, south-east England, “be sure to bring food and drink as there are going to be delays,” warned on Saturday as queues to cross the Channel stretch across the region.

Kent’s official resilience forum, BBC Toby Howe, said on Saturday that “everything has come to a halt” between a storm and a reduction in losses linked to overnight layoffs of 800 workers at shipping company P&O in mid-March. . “Yes, we had problems with the P&O. Then we had a storm at sea, which meant that many boats couldn’t cross that night,” he said, adding that problems with customs, after Brexit Often since, the speed of the crossing was also slowed down.