The CEO of the Ports of Calais Boulogne-sur-Mer, Jean-Marc Puissesseau, says he has been preparing for Brexit since March 2019 with the French customs, and hopes that "trucks will continue (...) to come to Calais, and will also return via the Port of Calais", a few hours before the United Kingdom's exit from the EU single market and customs union at 2300 GMT.