The shipping platform

Location: Cherbourg is located at the end of the Cotentin Peninsula on the N France coast, at the western end of the English Channel. General overview: The port is lock free and provides easy access for the largest vessels with a min depth of water of 13.0m. Cherbourg is a modern and efficient multipurpose port with Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo facilities, large storage facilities and good road and rail connections. Cross channel ferry passengers and Ro-Ro traffic to UK and Ireland is the main trade, also some cruise ship visits. Regular shipments made of armour stone for new port construction at Le Havre. Berths: ●Trans-Atlantic: -France: length: 620 m; depth: 12.5 m; LOA: no limit; beam: no limit; facilities: Cruises, general cargo, passengers -Normandie: length: 500 m; depth: 11.0 m; LOA: no limit; beam: no limit; facilities: General cargo, Ro-Ro -Ro-Ro No. 1: length: 120 m; depth: 6.0; LOA: 130 m; beam: 20.0; facilities: Ro-Ro freight and passenger -Ro-Ro No. 3: length: 215 m; depth: 11.2 m; LOA: no limit; beam: 44.0 m; faciltiies: Ro-Ro ●Les Mielles: -Ro-Ro No. 2: length: 200 m; depth: 8.0 m; LOA: 170 m; beam: 40.0 m; facilities: Ro-Ro, passengers -Ro-Ro No. 4: length: 192 m; depth: 7.0 m; LOA: 200 m; beam: 30.0 m; facilities: Ro-Ro freight and passengers -Ro-Ro No. 5: length: 170 m; depth: 4.2 m; LOA: 170 m; beam: 40 m; facilities: Ro-Ro -Flamands: length: 360 m; depth: 13.0 m; LOA: no limit; beam: no limit; facilities: Ro-Ro and container ●Commercial Basin: -Alexandre III: length: 420 m; depth: 4.0 m; facilities: Fishing, coasters -l’Entrepot: length: 240 m; depth: 4.0 m; facilities: Fishing Traffic figures: Approx, 2,721,000t of cargo and 781,400 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: North Atlantic Winter Seasonal Zone II, Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31. Max size: Draught 13.0m. Largest vessel handled: "Queen Mary 2" LOA 350m, draught 12.0m, beam 50m.