Port of Cherbourg
Welcome to the Port of Cherbourg
Historic cross-Channel port and leading French port to Ireland, Cherbourg offers up to 5 rotations daily: Poole and Portsmouth with Brittany Ferries, Dublin with Irish Ferries, Rosslare with Stena Line and Guernesey with Condor Ferries. The port places at their disposal a 15 ha terminal and 3 boarding ramps.
Cherbourg is also a logistics and industrial hub penetrating the Channel, with enviable maritime qualities – a port accessible 24/7 and open to vessels that draw up to 14 m, a rich real estate offering, an exceptional harbour and direct links to major road and rail networks.
Specialising in the handling of hazardous goods (classes 1 and 7), and able to process large volumes of bulk, Cherbourg is also a port which is constantly adapting to the needs of the market. After reclaiming 39 ha from the sea and building a heavy-lift quay in order to accommodate the emerging marine renewable energy industry, Ports of Normandy will soon be installing a rail-road transport terminal linking Great Britain to the Southwest of France.
The Port of Cherbourg is also:
- The largest artificial harbour in Europe
- A marina with 1,600 berths protected from the swell and accessible 24/7
- A fishing port (scallops, squid, sole, shellfish, etc.) including a fish market which sells more than 5,000 tonnes of fish per year, caught by 7 deep-sea vessels and 50 coastal fishing vessels
- A cruise liner port enjoying constant growth (more than 60 vessels per year)
- A naval repair services centre of great quality, including a 3,000 tonne Syncrolift, 300 tonne Travelift...
An industrial port: shipbuilding and yacht building (CMN, Grand Large Yachting), marine renewable energy (GE-LM Wind Power), seafood processing (fish wholesaling, secondary processing, etc.).
Jérôme Chauvet
Business Development Manager
![Plan du port de Cherbourg](/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large_1900_1900/public/2023-03/PortdeCherbourg-plan2023.png?itok=WHUzJDNx)
![Logo Ports de Normandie](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Logo%2015x15%20%C2%AEPorts%20de%20Normandie.jpg)
Ports of Normandy directs operations (delegated to our port operators) and policing (harbourmasters).
![Vue aérienne port de Cherbourg](/sites/default/files/2022-11/20201127-Cherbourg-%C2%A9J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20Houyvet-Biplan%20%28256%29.jpg)
Cherbourg Port oversees the following sectors: fishing, shipping, marine renewable energy, cruise liners, and cross-Channel ferries
Ports of Normandy oversees the shipbuilding and yacht building sectors and markets the marine renewable energy facility
Cherbourg Council operates Chantereyne Marina
![Capitainerie-Port de Cherbourg](/sites/default/files/2022-11/Cherbourg-capitainerie%C2%A9L.Puyadoux-Biplan.jpg)
Harbourmaster's office organises the berthing and movements of vessels in the harbour, is responsible for the surveillance and security of the port and its facilities, and enjoys regulatory and policing powers.
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Brittany Ferries offers 1–3 rotations daily to Poole and Portsmouth.
Irish Ferries offers 3–4 rotations weekly to Dublin
Stena Line offers 6 rotations weekly to Rosslare
Condor Ferries offers 2 rotations weekly to Guernsey
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Shipping agents represent the shipowner or the charterer during the ship’s visit.
Vessel loading and unloading operations are provided by handlers.