Port of Dover warns of two-and-half-hour waits this weekend

Vehicles queue for ferries at the Port of Dover, Kent, earlier this month. Border rules mean all passengers’ passports must be checked individually. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Cross-Channel ferry passengers will face waits of up to two and a half hours at Dover this weekend, the port has warned, as the peak holiday season gets under way.

Post-Brexit passport checks will significantly lengthen delays as holidaymakers head for France, despite a number of mitigation measures put in place by the port.