BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL
AND DEPENDENT GATEWAYS IN EUROPE
BRIDGE

TWO PORTS, ONE VISION AND A COMMON PROJECT

Freight traffic is forecast to increase by 40% by 2030. Such growth requires both ports to protect, enhance and deliver complementary short and long-term capacity requirements in order to meet the demands of the market (including traffic growth, increasing vessel size and multimodal transport) and to support the resilience of the corridor.

Future traffic growth will require the combination of excellent logistical performance with sustainable development. Ensuring resilience requires adaptation to new logistic organisations and new modes of transport in order to guarantee the societal and environmental acceptance of large volumes of transport.

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A UNIQUE MARITIME LINK IN EUROPE

The ports of Dover and Calais are the busiest roll-on roll-off ferry terminals in Europe, connectingthe Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom with the continental mainland.

As the shortestroute across the Strait with excellent transport links to major European capitals and the rest of Europe, trade has focused on these key gateways.This has required the ports to develop efficient port facilities and hinterland connections to match the considerable traffic growth created as a result of the introduction of Ro-Ro ferries 60 years ago on the Dover-Calais crossing.

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This BRIDGE project is the continuation of a long co-operation between the two ports.
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