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Port of Calais, the Glossary

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The Port of Calais in northern France is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Border Force, Boulogne-Ville station, Breakwater (structure), Calais, Calais-Fréthun station, Calais-Ville station, DFDS Seaways, Direction nationale de la police aux frontières, Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes, Dunkirk station, Eurostar, France, France–United Kingdom border, Gare du Nord, Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station, Gravelines, Hazebrouck, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Irish Ferries, Jean-Marc Puissesseau, Juxtaposed controls, Lille-Europe station, Lille-Flandres station, Moveable bridge, National Railway Company of Belgium, Oasis-class cruise ship, P&O Ferries, Port of Dover, Sluice, SNCF, TER Hauts-de-France, TGV.

  2. Calais
  3. Juxtaposed border controls
  4. Ports and harbours of France

Border Force

Border Force (BF) is a British law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom.

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Boulogne-Ville station

Boulogne-Ville is one of the railway stations serving the town Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais department, northern France.

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Breakwater (structure)

A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges.

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Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

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Calais-Fréthun station

Calais-Fréthun station (French: Gare de Calais-Fréthun) is an SNCF international railway station in the suburbs of Calais, France.

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Calais-Ville station

Calais-Ville station (French: Gare de Calais-Ville) is a railway station in the city centre of Calais, France.

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DFDS Seaways

DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across northern Europe.

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Direction nationale de la police aux frontières

La direction nationale de la police aux frontières (DNPAF; National Directorate of the Border Police) is a directorate of the French National Police that is responsible for border control at certain border crossing points in France.

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Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes

The Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes (Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects, DGDDI), commonly known as les douanes (Customs), is the customs service of the French Republic.

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Dunkirk station

Dunkirk station (Gare de Dunkerque) is a railway station serving the town Dunkirk, Nord department, northern France.

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Eurostar

Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France–United Kingdom border

The border between the countries of France and the United Kingdom in Europe is a maritime border that stretches along the Channel, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Gare du Nord

The Gare du Nord (North Station), officially Paris Nord, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France.

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Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station

Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station (Station Gent-Sint-Pieters, Gare de Gand-Saint-Pierre) is the main railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, and the fourth-busiest in Belgium and busiest in Flanders, with 17.65 million passengers a year.

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Gravelines

Gravelines is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France.

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Hazebrouck

Hazebrouck (Hazebroek,, Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France.

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Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, formerly the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, is a government appointed official responsible for providing independent scrutiny of the UK's border and immigration functions such as the Border Force.

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Irish Ferries

Irish Ferries is an Irish ferry and transport company that operates passenger and freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe, including Dublin Port–Holyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Port-Cherbourg in France.

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Jean-Marc Puissesseau

Jean-Marc Puissesseau is president and chairman of the ports of Calais and Boulogne (Société d’Exploitation des Ports du Détroit).

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Juxtaposed controls

Juxtaposed controls (in bureaux à contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or "BCNJ"; in kantoren waar de nationale controles van beide landen naast elkaar geschieden) are a reciprocal arrangement between Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom whereby border controls on certain cross-Channel routes take place before boarding the train or ferry, rather than upon arrival after disembarkation. Port of Calais and Juxtaposed controls are Juxtaposed border controls.

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Lille-Europe station

Lille-Europe station (Gare de Lille-Europe) is a SNCF railway station in Lille, France, on the LGV Nord high-speed railway.

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Lille-Flandres station

Lille-Flandres station (Gare de Lille-Flandres, Rijsel Vlaanderen) is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders.

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Moveable bridge

A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges.

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National Railway Company of Belgium

The National Railway Company of Belgium (Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, NMBS; Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, SNCB; Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen) is the national railway company of Belgium.

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Oasis-class cruise ship

The Oasis class is a class of 7 Royal Caribbean International cruise ships.

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P&O Ferries

P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France and the Netherlands).

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Port of Dover

The Port of Dover is a cross-channel ferry, cruise terminal, maritime cargo and marina facility situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England. Port of Calais and Port of Dover are Juxtaposed border controls.

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Sluice

A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level.

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SNCF

The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (abbreviated as SNCF; "National Company of the French Railways") is France's national state-owned railway company.

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TER Hauts-de-France

TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the French administrative region of Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse,, "high-speed train"; formerly TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated mainly by SNCF.

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See also

Calais

Juxtaposed border controls

Ports and harbours of France

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Calais