First trucks expected in Calais from UK tonight

Описание: (23 Dec 2020) Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded on Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated Britain and raised fears of food shortages.
Some goods and passengers began arriving on French shores in the morning, thanks to an agreement that allows people with a negative virus test to cross the Channel from Britain.
But officials warned the backlog would take days to clear, and some truckers scuffled with police as huge lines of vehicles persisted at the port of Dover.
Jean-March Puissesseau, director of the Calais-Boulogne port, said he didn't expect freight trucks to begin arriving there until later on Wednesday, though two cargo vans and some passenger cars had come by ferry.
The port normally brings in up to 4,000 trucks a day.
Nations around the world began barring people from Britain over the weekend after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that scientists said a new version of the virus whipping around London and England's southeast may be more contagious.

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