People have assumed Calais won't cope after Brexit, but the evidence suggests the city is ready for what may happen.
To do these on the ground would certainly cause delays and frustration. So, instead, both places are relying on so-called e-declarations - where goods are recorded and tracked on official websites. A haulier inputs his load on to that system and then waits to be told whether he has been assigned to either the green or orange lane at customs.
The lorries that are checked will fall into a few main categories. Firstly, people who've got the paperwork wrong. Then a percentage of hauliers who are carrying perishable goods - meat, fish and vegetables, for instance. And thirdly livestock or racehorses. Eurotunnel's John Keefe told me that"it all comes through here because of the speed of the crossing" and that"their challenge is our challenge". He is unshakeable in his opinion that, whenever and however Brexit happens, lorries will face no more delays than they do today.
And there is another reason to watch what happens with care. The port and the tunnel are both pioneering sophisticated customs systems that, to a great extent, allow for an unobtrusive, invisible border that leans on web-based technology.
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