Cherbourg Port facilities

The Ferry Terminal

The Cherbourg cross-Channel ferry terminal entered service on June 22, 1994. It was inaugurated on June 30, 1994, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Cherbourg.
Since then, it has welcomed passengers crossing the English Channel by ferry. The first passengers to pass through the new terminal were those of the Stena Normandie.

The Cross-Channel Terminal

Quai de France

Quai de France is the berthing location for cruise liners.

• Length 600 m, depth up to 14 m (chart datum)
• Pedestrian walkway for cruise passengers
• Direct access to the Transatlantic Station / cruise terminal

Adelte pedestrian walkway

RO/RO ramp no. 6

• Capacity: 120 t, linkspan width 30 m, lane width 9.8 m
• Floating, versatile, single-deck ramp suitable for all vessels

Quai de Normandie

• Length 500 m, depth 11 m (chart datum)
• Passenger reception building “Pagode”

RO/RO ramp no. 2

Berthing line 190 m, depth 8 m (chart datum)

Double-deck ramp: two traffic lanes on each deck:

• Lower deck: linkspan width 17 m, roadway 6 m, capacity 240 t (exceptional convoy type D)
• Upper deck: linkspan width 12 m, roadway 7 m, load capacity adapted to 2 lanes of 38 t trucks

RO/RO ramp no. 4

Berthing line 190 m, depth 7 m (chart datum)

Double-deck ramp: two traffic lanes on each deck:

• Lower deck: linkspan width 18 m, roadway 7 m, capacity 98 t
• Upper deck: linkspan width 12 m, roadway 7 m, load capacity adapted to 2 lanes of 38 t trucks

SIVEP warehouse

This facility carries out sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary inspections of goods and animals imported from Great Britain via cross-Channel routes following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

The multimodal terminal

Rail Motorway Terminal area, railway tracks and associated buildings

The terminal uses LOHR technology, allowing multiple trailers to be loaded/unloaded simultaneously onto trains up to 750 metres long.

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Objectives & impacts

• Shift up to 20,000 trailers per year from road to rail and sea
• Reduction of CO₂ emissions (modal shift), road congestion relief

Eastern Port – Mielles Flamands

• Mielles yard and quay (310 m)
• Flamands yard and quay (680 m)
  
  * 220 m capable of handling heavy cargo up to 15 t/m²
  * And 360 m capable of handling up to 5 t/m²

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  Overview of the Eastern Port
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  Eastern Port cranes

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  Eastern Port cranes
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  MRE activities

The Fishing Port

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  Landing quay
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  Tanks

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  Ice silos
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  Fishing pontoons