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HOME  PROFESSIONAL ... Overland Access
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 Overland Access
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> Road, rail and river transport converge on the Port of Dunkirk.
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Dunkirk is situated just an hour from the English Channel, the world's busiest seaway. |
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Direct free access from the port terminals to the Nord-Pas de Calais, Belgium and the whole European motorway network. |
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All quays are connected to the rail network. The port benefits from direct rail links to Eastern France and Europe through the North-Eastern rail artery. |
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The wide-gauge canal links the port to the Nord-Pas de Calais region (3,600 tonnes), the European inland waterways (1,350 tonnes) and to the Paris Basin (800 tonnes). |
Dunkirk has scheduled calls to the world's major economic zones, complemented by reliable feeder services to Rotterdam, Felixstowe and Le Havre.
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Railways connect Dunkirk to the Paris' region and via Lille, to the East of France and Switzerland. This electrified network is connected to the Belgian, German and Italian networks.
Rail transport moves by night to the Nord-Pas de Calais region, Picardy, Lorraine, Paris and Switzerland with connections in one day to Alsace, Burgundy, Lyon and Saarland.
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The Port of Dunkirk is directly connected to the European motorways network through the two interchanges A25-E42 and A16-E40.
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A25-E42 to South and South-East via Lille and Paris via the A1. |
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A16-E40 to Brussels, Luik and then Germany and via the E16-E19 to Ghent, Antwerpen and Rotterdam |
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A16-E40 to Belgium and to the Channel Tunnel |
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The Dunkirk-Valenciennes canal accommodates convoys of 1,350 tonnes (3,600 dwt) and inland/sea-going barges feeding the Nord-Pas de Calais region.
It is connected to the Belgian and European networks for barges up to 1,350 tons and to the Paris Region for barges up to 800 tons.
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