BRIDGE – The Dover and Calais maritime connection

The ports of Dover and Calais have launched the BRIDGE project (Building the Resilience of International and Dependent Gateways in Europe) to coordinate their technical development and strengthen the cross-Channel route.
The English and French ports are currently the two busiest Ro-Ro ferry terminals in Europe, handling goods worth more than €70 billion, and freight traffic is expected to rise by 40% by 2030.

In the short term, the project aims to ensure that Calais and Dover operate efficiently by adapting their berths to high technical standards and improving their local transport network. Meanwhile, Calais plans to develop a new terminal with three cross-Channel berths and one Ro-Ro berth, and 80 hectares of new platforms.

The Ports of Dover and Calais, each recognised by the European Commission as strategically important, and designated as ‘core ports’ under the TEN-T network 2014-2020, have been working together on the BRIDGE Project.