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Authority/Operator
Folkstone Harbour Company
Ownership
Company owned
Contact
The Post Office,
Folkestone Harbour
Kent CT20 1QH
Tel: 01303 254597
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.folkestoneharbour.com
Pilotage
By arrangement with pilotage authority VTS Channel 15
Approx annual tonnage
Data to follow
Principal traffic
Unit loads (ro-ro);
Vehicles/wheeled cargoes;
Passengers;
Hazardous cargoes;
Fish
Access/Accommodation
River/Tidal Berths
Max depth: 6m at LWS at Pier 3 berth
Ro-Ro
No 1 Berth lay-by
Max size of vessel accepted:
Beam: 20m; LOA: 120m; Draft: 5.5m
No of berths: 1
Berths total length: 130m
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Location
Lat: 51⁰ 04.32’ N; Long: 01⁰ 11.48’ E
Stone pier extending SE and E 1360m Long, with Inner harbour that dries at LW
Port contacts
Harbour Manager: Lorraine Hughes Tel: 01303 254597 Email:[email protected]
Normal hours: 24 hrs
24-hr Tel: 01303 254597
Port Control Duty Mob: 07401 627563 – ( between hours of 0600 – 1800)
Storage
Open: 12,000 sq m
Transport connections
Road: M20 via town to harbour
Rail-connected
Passenger boat trains to harbour station
Nearest int’l airport: Gatwick 120km
Commercial cargo handling facilities
Capacity of 3 or 4 Ro-Ro sailings daily.
Stevedoring provided by port authority.
Cargo handling equipment
Linkspans: 1 capacity 200T at No 3 Berth
Folkstone Pier.
Other Ro-Ro
Heavy-lift berth at South Quay, tidal access at HW, length of berth 76m
Other handling equipment
Forklifts: 1 max 4T
Tugmasters: 6max 38T
Facilities & services
Moorings for leisure craft; Chandlers, Yacht Marina; Bunkering; Local fishing fleet and quay
Waste Disposal:
By arrangement direct with local contractor, Cleanway Tel: 01303 249521
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VESSELS IN AND AROUND THE PORT
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