The port of Dover is vulnerable to delay and disruption
And it’s about to get worse
When the port of Dover works, it works very well indeed. A mere 23 miles separate Dover from Calais (see map). Trucks get across in 90 minutes on ferries; the journey from Portsmouth to Caen takes six hours. If drivers miss their ferry at another port, they must often wait hours for the next boat. Dover is more like the tube: you hop on the next available departure, which leaves every half-hour.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Borders and bottlenecks”
Britain August 13th 2022
- Almost nothing seems to be working in Britain. It could get worse
- Britain’s economy is taking a drubbing
- The port of Dover is vulnerable to delay and disruption
- Stop-and-search is on the rise again in Britain
- Better measurement would help reduce water consumption
- Rising interest rates will split the Conservatives’ electoral coalition
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