19 test ferry services between Dover and the French port of Calais restarted on Thursday that after several days of a blockade imposed by France when a new coronavirus variant was discovered in England, traffic was moving only slowly through the port on Friday, a public holiday.

Most trucks were still parked further up the motorway.

His drivers spent Christmas Day waiting to take tests before being allowed to board the ferries.

Um additional 800 British troops have now been sent to the port as well as the 300 already there, British media reported.