Inauguration du terminal de Ferroutage du port de Cherbourg & de l’autoroute multimodale Cherbourg-Mouguerre reliant l’Espagne aux îles britanniques EN

On Thursday 17 July, at the invitation of Hervé Morin, President of Ports de Normandie and President of the Normandy Region, Philippe Tabarot, Minister for Transport, Niall Burgess, Irish Ambassador to France, Jean-Baptiste Gastinne, Vice-President of the Normandy Region, responsible for transport, Jean-Marc Roué, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Brittany Ferries, and Pierre Vogt, President of the Cherbourg Port Local Public Company, inaugurated the rail freight terminal at the Port of Cherbourg. It opens a new multimodal motorway connecting Cherbourg and Mouguerre (Pyrénées Atlantiques) linking Spain with Ireland - and the UK. This initiative – known as ferroutage in France - marks a major step forward for the future of freight transport in France and Europe, promoting a modal shift to rail and sea.