Four-Hour Lorry Delays at Dover Are the New Normal

Miles-long queues of HGVs waiting to access the crucial trade port have been a regular sight in the first weeks of 2022—with some visible from space.

HGVs wait at the port of Dover.

Photographer: Gareth Fuller/PA

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Lorry drivers may have to get used to queueing for four hours at Dover on busy days in the UK’s post-Brexit world but the overall picture is positive, a haulage industry boss says.

Miles-long queues of HGVs waiting to get into the crucial trade port have been a regular sight in the first weeks of 2022.