Sky News sees figures showing that the so-called Dover TAP has been deployed on 18 of the first 32 days of the year, with hauliers expressing concern that new red tape is to blame.
Two years since Britain left the EU, Brexit is still very much at the top of the news agenda with lorry queues lengthening at Dover as exporting firms struggle with red tape.
Brexit has been ‘big success’ says government – despite 60% of exporters struggling with red tape
31/01/2022
Top business body calls for ‘urgent action’ to ease trading barriers.
Business leaders say the second anniversary of Brexit today has been marked by continuing difficulties for exporters trying to trade with the EU.
The Government say massive delays at Dover this week are nothing to do with Brexit, while banning staff from giving interviews. / One customs agent took us inside to speak to drivers who had been waiting up to 24 hours. / Every single one of them blamed Brexit.
The UK has just months to avoid huge disruption to holidaymakers when new EU rules come into force – despite knowing about the problem for two years, the chief of Dover port has warned.
“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.
A customs clearance manager explains why lorries are piling up around the port, and the mood among those working on the frontline.
Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame.
Huge queues are "the new normal" rather than "teething problems", Unite said.
New Brexit border checks causing queues at Dover and delays will get worse, says union [4 mins]
26/01/2022
The Unite union says the queues of lorries outside the town of Dover are a “direct consequence” of the introduction of additional border procedures at the beginning of the year.
(Footage of lorry queues into the Port of Dover.)
Lorries are continuing to face tailbacks at Dover, which have been 'sparked by new Brexit checks'.
But the chief executive of the Port of Dover says UK and French governments need to work together to ease new processes.
One haulier said the long queues seen last week were "entirely [because of] Brexit".
"How long until portable toilets are out on the A20 ? There are NO facilities for drivers waiting for hours. Forced to p*ss in bottles like animals."
Queues of lorries backed up waiting to be processed at the Port of Dover have become so long the huge tailbacks can be seen on images taken from space.
"Very desperate or very stupid, or both," wrote one person in response.
Why are lorries queueing on the A20 at Dover? Fears increase over Brexit border check delays
22/01/2022
Under new rules introduced on January 1, 2022, freight carriers now have to perform more extensive checks at the UK-EU border and this means that exporting goods to Europe can take longer at the checkpoints.
Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.
The UK landbridge that offered traders the fastest route between Ireland and the European continent before Brexit will not re-emerge as a preferred option for moving goods, the head of Dublin Port was quoted as saying on Friday.
New biometric checks at EU border in Dover, Kent, will cause 'miles of traffic jams' [3 mins]
21/01/2022
ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports on the expected delays due to be caused when new biometric checks at the EU border in Kent are introduced.
mages from Google Satellite imagery show hundreds of lorries lining the roads around the Port of Dover after months of chaos delaying crossings.