Motorways to ro-ro ports in Kent in south-eastern England were jammed with lines of trucks on Monday morning after France banned all passenger and freight traffic from the UK.
Paris took the step to prevent the spread of a new and more easily transmitted strain of coronavirus.
The British government called on hauliers not to drive to the main ro-ro ports in southern England after the 48-hour ban came into force rapidly after the UK imposed tighter lockdown rules on London and the county of Kent.
