The Belgian company has even contacted retired customs officers to seek advice on how shipping used to work before the European Union s single market reduced bureaucracy and opened borders.
Patrick Van Cauwenberghe, the Port of Zeebruges Trade Facilitation Director said he s uncertain companies across the continent are ready for the changes ahead. There will also be truck drivers coming here from Romania, or Italy, and they ll probably know nothing or almost nothing, they won t have the papers prepared, he said.
In Calais at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel that connects France to the United Kingdom, the prospect of delays and recurring traffic jams linked to Brexit is already testing the patience of many.