As Brexit Nears, Dover Sits in the Eye of U.K.’s Supply-Chain Storm

Spare a thought for Tim Reardon, the head of European Union exit at the Port of Dover, which is used by as many as 10,000 trucks daily.

He’s at the heart of the biggest man-made supply-chain problem Britain has faced in decades: how to replicate the status quo — where lorries seamlessly flow off ferries and through his port — when the U.K. needs to impose customs controls on EU goods, as is the consequence of Brexit?