Editing Calais (section)

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{{main|Port of Calais}}
The [[Port of Calais]] was the first cable ship port in Europe and is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic.<ref name="NFI" /> The port accounts for more than a third of economic activity of the town of Calais. Cargo traffic has tripled over the past two decades. In 2007 more than 41.5&nbsp;million tonnes of traffic passed through Calais with some 11.52&nbsp;million passengers, 1.4&nbsp;million trucks and trailers, 2.249&nbsp;million cars and 4,700 crossings a year.<ref name="NFI">{{Cite web |title=Calais |url=http://www.nordfranceinvest.fr/?action=loadPage&pageId=146 |access-date=10 February 2012 |publisher=Nord France Invest |archive-date=23 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123073137/http://www.nordfranceinvest.fr/?action=loadPage&pageId=146 |url-status=live }}</ref> Passenger numbers for the Dover to Calais route in 2018 were 9,168,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booker |first=France Ferry |date=18 November 2019 |title=Ferry to France Statistics - Passenger Numbers |url=https://www.franceferrybooker.co.uk/news/ferry-to-france-statistics |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230110614/https://www.franceferrybooker.co.uk/news/ferry-to-france-statistics |url-status=live }}</ref> On average, ships sail from the port every 30 minutes.<ref name="NFI" /> A new 400&nbsp;million euro project is underway at the port to create a breakwater protecting a pool of 700 meters long, thus allowing virtually all types of ships to stop at Calais.