The Port of Calais is a port in Calais, northern France. The port is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of economic activity in the town of Calais.BackgroundThe 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.Companies Sailing Into CalaisP&O Ferries Pride Of Dover, Pride Of Canterbury, Pride Of Kent, Spirit Of Britain, Spirit Of France, Pride Of BurgundyDFDS Seaways Malo Seaways, Rodin, Berlioz, Calais SeawaysMyFerryLink (Operations have ceased)TrafficCargo traffic has tripled over the past two decades. In 2007 more than 41.5 million tonnes of traffic passed through Calais with some 11.52 million passengers, 1.4 million trucks and trailers, 2.249 million cars and 4,700 crossings a year. On average, ships sail from the port every 30 minutes. Most of the traffic in Calais comes from the Port of Dover.ExpansionA new 400 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.AccessBuses connect the port with Gare de Calais-Ville on the SNCF network. There are regular TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais trains through Hazebrouck to Lille Flandres (for SNCB/NMBS into Belgium), Calais-Fréthun, Boulogne, as well as along the coast via Gravelines to Dunkerque. There are also direct TGV trains which run from Gare de Calais-Ville then via Calais-Fréthun (served by Eurostar) to Lille-Europe and Paris Gare du Nord.