The new port of Calais
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The entrance to the new port of Calais, in northern France.
AFP - DENIS CHARLET
By: Alexis Bedu Follow
3 min
An XXL port.
In Calais, in the north of France, the new port will come into operation in about ten days.
The old one was too narrow, especially to accommodate new generation ferries.
An extension of 45 hectares on the sea was therefore carried out.
The ambition for the territory, the closest to the United Kingdom, is to develop sea freight a little more and to bring back British travelers.
Transport