page_title: Dover
section_title: Shipping
hierarchical_section_title: Dover / Economy / Shipping
caption_attribution_description: Description =Port de Douvres Source =Photo taken by Remi Jouan Date =Novembre 2006 Author =Remi Jouan
context_page_description: Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Port of Dover. The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover.
  Archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain. The name derives from the River Dour that flows through it.
  The Port of Dover provides much of the town's employment, as does tourism.
context_section_description: The Dover Harbour Board is the responsible authority for the running of the Port of Dover. The English Channel, here at its narrowest point in the Straits of Dover, is the busiest shipping lane in the world. Ferries crossing between here and the Continent have to negotiate their way through the constant stream of shipping crossing their path. The Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme allots ships separate lanes when passing through the Strait. The Scheme is controlled by the Channel Navigation Information Service based at Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre Dover. MRCC Dover is also charged with co-ordination of civil maritime search and rescue within these waters.
  The Port of Dover is also used by cruise ships. The old Dover Marine railway station building houses one passenger terminal, together with a car park. A second, purpose-built, terminal is located further out along the pier.
  The ferry lines using the port are (number of daily sailings in parentheses):
  to Calais: P&O Ferries (25), DFDS Seaways (10).
  to Dunkirk: DFDS Seaways (11).
  These services have been cut in recent years:
  P&O Ferries sailings to Boulogne (5 daily) were withdrawn in 1993 and Zeebrugge (4 daily) in 2002.
  SNCF withdrew their three train ferry sailings on the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
  Regie voor Maritiem Transport moved their Ostend service of three sailings daily to Ramsgate in 1994; this route was operated by TransEuropa Ferries until April 2013.
  Stena Line merged their 20 Calais sailings into the current P&O operation in 1998.
  Hoverspeed ceased operations in 2005 and withdrew their 8 daily sailings.
  SpeedFerries ceased operations in 2008 and withdrew their 5 daily sailings.
  LD Lines ceased the Dover-Dieppe service on 29 June 2009 and Dover-Boulogne 5 September 2010.
  SeaFrance ceased operations in 2012 of their Dover-Calais service which was their only service.
   
  Dover Harbour, from the cliffs above.
caption: The Port of Dover and the white cliffs of Dover
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