Editing Cherbourg (section)

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[[File:NormandieExpress.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|The [[HSC Normandie Express|''Normandie Express'']] [[catamaran]] ferry at Cherbourg]]

{{See also|Cherbourg Harbour|Cherbourg Naval Base}}
Cherbourg-Octeville is a port on the English Channel with a number of regular passenger and freight ferry services operating from the large modern ferry terminal and has a major [[Cherbourg Harbour|artificial harbour]]. The following operators currently run services from the port:

* [[Brittany Ferries]] to [[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]], [[Poole]] (1 sailing daily) and [[Portsmouth]] (up to 2 sailings daily, summer only).
* [[Stena Line]] to [[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]] (3 sailings weekly).
* [[Irish Ferries]] to [[Dublin]] (2 sailings weekly).

Cherbourg has previously had services operated by the following operators:

* [[Stena Line]] to [[Southampton]] (up to 2 sailings daily). Withdrawn in 1996.
* [[P&O Ferries]] to [[Portsmouth]] (up to 2 sailings daily by conventional ferry and up to 3 by fast ferry during the summer). Withdrawn in 2005 following a business review.
* [[P&O Irish Sea]] to [[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]] (up to 3 sailings weekly) and [[Dublin]] (weekends only during the summer). Dublin service was withdrawn in 2004 and Rosslare service sold to Celtic Link.
* [[HD Ferries]] to [[Guernsey]] and [[Jersey]]. Operated in 2007 but cancelled in 2008 due to lack of customers.
* [[Celtic Link Ferries]] to [[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]] (3 sailings weekly). Service sold to Stena Line.
* [[Condor Ferries]] to [[Portsmouth]] (1 sailing weekly in summer only).
The port welcomes some 30 cruise ships per year including the largest, thanks to a cruise terminal built in 2006 in the [[Gare Maritime de Cherbourg]], which had opened in 1933 on the ''Quai de France'' next to the ''Cité de la Mer''. Frequently, cruise ships that have planned for another destination have taken refuge in the port, for protection from the frequent storms.

Conventional cargo ships berth in the eastern area of the docks on the ''Quai des Flamands'' and ''Quai des Mielles''. During the construction of the [[Concorde]] prototypes in the 1960s, some sections built in the United Kingdom passed by ferry through Cherbourg, for transfer to Toulouse.