[QUOTE="Brian Dixon” .... button, TAP has been ongoing since yesterday lunch time, plus french custom trials at euro tunnel.so no fear then. [/QUOTE]
Perhaps relief could be on the way Brian?!
There are ports other than Dover, as the Irish have already discovered. The U.K. also has less cluttered ports that aren’t open to disruption by our French ‘friends.’
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/direct-sea-routes-to-europe-offer-certainty-in-choppy-brexit-waters-1.4421414
With the threat of increased road and ferry chaos post Brexit, it might be worth looking at the spare capacity in airports to fill some of the gaps until all the hysteria dies down.
I live under the Gatwick flight path and there has been a noticeable increase in freight flights since lockdown.
The higher costs may be comparable with the increased road/ferry costs using the current methods, but if not it may be a price worth paying to maintain supplies of vital products.
