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Port of Dover confident of 'smooth summer' following operational improvements

Operators
Will Payne
16 June 2023

The Port of Dover will continue to implement operational improvements in a bid to provide passengers with a "smooth summer" of cross-Channel travel.

Port of Dover sets out plan to safeguard summer getaway

Dover has provided assurances about its level of service this summer

According to chief executive Doug Bannister, following a "successful" May bank holiday period, the port is now planning the implementation of more improvements, including the addition of a permanent coach border processing facility to replace contingency measures in the buffer zone. 

It comes after the port processed more than 15,000 tourist vehicles, including coaches, over the peak May half-term weekend, with the average wait time not exceeding 45 minutes during the port’s busiest period.