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Added on the 31/12/2020 17:32:47 - Copyright : AFP EN
Traffic remains relatively calm in the Port of Calais on the first working day after Brexit. Only six ferry rotations are scheduled today compared to the usual 12. IMAGES
After a short New Year's Eve break, cross-Channel traffic between France and the United Kingdom resumes after Britain split from the European Union. IMAGES
Brexit / Customs officers' rule-book slowdown : big traffic jams on the A16 motorway in Calais
In the port of Calais, French fishermen block the ferry traffic heading to England, while demanding a settlement in their post-Brexit fishing dispute with the UK. IMAGES
At the port of Calais, traffic remains unusually calm despite the reopening of France's borders to and from the United Kingdom, after a two-day stoppage. It will take several days to clear the thousands of lorries blocked on the English side at the port of Dover. They were delayed by France's decision to halt traffic from the UK over concerns about a new strain of coronavirus which is spreading in England. IMAGES
A few lorries and private vehicles embark at the port of Calais bound for the United Kingdom, while in the other direction it is eerily quiet, transport from the UK being suspended following the appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus which is causing concern in Europe. IMAGES