Welcome to the web site of the Port of Cherbourg

Located in Normandy, at the entrance to the English Channel, the deep water port of Cherbourg is less than 10 miles away from the main sea route where 500 ships sail each day. Easily accessible, the port of Cherbourg is known by the largest shipowners for the quality of service of all its port operators and for its great reliability.

The companies Brittany Ferries, Celtic Link and Irish Ferries operate cross-Channel services to Poole and Portsmouth in England, and to Rosslare in Ireland.

From April to September, fast catamarans reduce the crossing time to England with a crossing to 2.30 hours and complete the offer of services of the conventional ferries. The port of Cherbourg is the leading ferry port on the Western Channel.
The port of Cherbourg offers equipments that allow to handle all types of traffics: containers,dry bulk, dry, or reefer, other conventional traffics, as well as and technical services : bunker services in Cherbourg roadsted or alongside quay and ship repair with ship elevator.

The port of Cherbourg and its passenger terminal took a great part in the transatlantic epic of the first part of the twentieth century, Cherbourg still welcomes the most famous cruise ships of the world. The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, Costa cruise ships… : The most famous liners chose to call here.

* Operated by Cherbourg-Cotentin the Chamber of Commerce and Industry within an concession agreement supervised by the with the French State.

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	Call of the Silver Cloud First ship of the Silversea company, the Silver Cloud has already berthed at Cherbourg in 2004 and 2005. The 280 passengers, mainly american, australian and british started in Barcelona to finish in London. More information... Calls of the Boudicca and Jewel of the Sea The Boudicca berthed at Cherbourg on the 16th of June and the Jewel of the Sea on the 17th of June. See photos of these calls... Cruise calls for 2008 26 calls are planned for 2008. Among these calls, there are many large ships such as the Queen Mary 2. This cruise will have the theme of the thirties that fits very well with the transatlantic terminal of Cherbourg, a masterpiece of the art deco period. More information... Cherbourg in the first page of Cunard web site Cunard confirms on its web site that Queen Mary 2 will call at Cherbourg on the 15th of July 2008. Cunard hopes to do about 300 embarkations from Cherbourg and proposes for this cruise the theme of the thirties.