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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge, photographs by David Levene

‘It is soul-destroying’: lorry drivers face hours stuck in queues at Dover

Trucks being held on the approach to Dover on the A20 to avoid traffic overrun around the port and town centre.
Lorries being held on the approach to Dover on the A20 to avoid traffic overrun around the port and town centre. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

His lorry loaded with British Airways aircraft parts, Ivo Hradilik was expecting to drive on to a ferry heading to Calais, before delivering his cargo to the outskirts of Paris.

But there is a problem with the customs paperwork, and the 26-year-old HGV driver from the Czech Republic will have to park up near the Port of Dover while the haulage company sorts everything out.

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