Transport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
While Saint Pierre and Miquelon has no railway, it has of highways plus of unpaved roads. Its only major harbour is at Saint-Pierre although there is a smaller harbour at Miquelon. The dependency has no merchant marine but has two airports; the runway at Saint-Pierre Airport is long, and at Miquelon Airport, . Water transport. A regular car ferry service is provided between Saint-Pierre and the Canadian town of Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador. As of August 2021, there is now regular ferry service between the two destinations capable of carrying 15 cars  and three tractor-trailer trucks. In the past from 2005 to 2009, Atlantic Jet provided a ferry service to the islands from Canada, operated privately by SPM Express SA. It was replaced by , but the service was terminated in 2010 when the island opted to form a government-run ferry service. "Jeune France" is a smaller ferry serving seasonal local service between St. Pierre and Langlade. The ship arrived in 2012 replacing "Saint-George XII", but has been in dry dock since early 2015. Several cruise ship lines visit Saint-Pierre. They dock 2 km northeast of downtown, near the  end of the coastal road. Boats also provide access to Ile aux Marins. Air transport. Air transport is provided by Air Saint-Pierre which connects Saint-Pierre with Miquelon and several Canadian cities. Travel onto France involves transfer with other airlines via Montreal: Travelers can also fly to France (Paris) with Air St. Pierre to Halifax International Airport and connect with Westjet (seasonal route). Air St. Pierre began a non-stop weekly route to Paris (seasonal) in 2018. The Saint-Pierre - Miquelon route is one of the shortest scheduled airline routes in the world in terms of distance and flight  duration. Car transport. Saint Pierre and Miquelon uses standard French vehicle registration plates, rather than plates in the format of high by wide used by most other jurisdictions in North America. However, the islands do not follow the standard French numbering system. Until 1952, cars were simply numbered from 1 onwards, without any code to identify them as being from Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Beginning in 1952, they had serial numbers followed by the letters SPM, e.g. 9287 SPM. Since 2000, all numbers have begun with the letters SPM followed by a serial number and serial letter, e.g. SPM 1  A. Vehicles on the islands are mainly French vehicles with French plates, although recently American vehicles with North American plates are being common due to the new car ferry service to Canada. Road signs are in French and are European influenced.