Port of Calais

The Port of Calais
A DFDS Ship at Calais

The Port of Calais is a port in Calais, northern France.[1] The port is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of economic activity in the town of Calais.

Background

The Port of Calais was the first cable ship port in Europe and is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic.[2]

Companies Sailing Into Calais

P&O Ferries Pride Of Dover, Pride Of Canterbury, Pride Of Kent, Spirit Of Britain, Spirit Of France, Pride Of Burgundy

DFDS Seaways Malo Seaways, Rodin, Berlioz, Calais Seaways

MyFerryLink (Operations have ceased)

Traffic

Cargo traffic has tripled over the past two decades. In 2007 more than 41.5 million tonnes of traffic passed through Calais with some 11.52 million passengers, 1.4 million trucks and trailers, 2.249 million cars and 4,700 crossings a year.[2] On average, ships sail from the port every 30 minutes.[2] Most of the traffic in Calais comes from the Port of Dover.

Many African Migrants are attempting to reach the UK using the Port of Calais. Drivers should assume caution when attempting to navigate the Port of Calais as drivers have been pulled out of the vehicles. Migrants attempt to slow the vehicles down, so they may enter in the back of the trailer and gain entry into the United Kingdom.

Expansion

A new 400 million euro project is underway at the port to create a breakwater protecting a pool of 700 meters long, thus allowing virtually all types of ships to stop at Calais.

Access

Buses connect the port with Gare de Calais-Ville on the SNCF network. There are regular TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais trains through Hazebrouck to Lille Flandres (for SNCB/NMBS into Belgium), Calais-Fréthun, Boulogne, as well as along the coast via Gravelines to Dunkerque.

There are also direct TGV trains which run from Gare de Calais-Ville then via Calais-Fréthun (served by Eurostar) to Lille-Europe and Paris Gare du Nord.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.calais-port.fr/
  2. 1 2 3 "Calais". Nord France Invest. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

Bibliography

  • Hendy, John (1988). Sealink Dover–Calais. Staplehurst, Kent: Ferry Publications. ISBN 0951350617. 
  • Hendy, John (2009). Dover-Calais: The Short-Sea Route. Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications. ISBN 9781871947939. 
  • Hendy, John (2016). Dover-Calais. Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications. ISBN 9781906608743. 
  • Paterson, J.D. (1894). By Dover and Calais from early times to the present day. Dover: Printed at the "King's Arms" Printing Works. OCLC 12041086. 
  • Spiers, Derek (1998). Troopships to Calais: the story of Calais as a military port from 1944 to 1947 and the ships which served it. Rainham, Kent: Meresborough Books. ISBN 0948193395. 

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Coordinates: 50°58′05″N 1°51′23″E / 50.9681°N 1.8564°E / 50.9681; 1.8564


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