January 26, 2024
2023, the first full post-Covid year, seen a healthy return of tourist traffic to Calais. The port witnessed;
- 7,263,513 passengers and nearly 1.3 million tourist vehicles, representing an increase of 41% and 33% respectively compared to 2022
- Just over 2 million travellers and nearly 450 000 vehicles in July and August alone
- 60,037 coaches, an increase of 85% on 2022, a market share of 70%
- 1,809,813 freight units, an increase of 10% on 2022. This brought the port back to pre-Brexit levels. With a 2% market contraction, this meant that the port exceeded a 50% market share.
- Unaccompanied traffic was down 12% to 55,010 units, compared to 2022.
