{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Folkestone Harbour","identifier":"GB FOL","unlocode":"GB FOL","city":null,"country":"United Kingdom","waterBody":"English Channel; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":51.083333,"longitude":1.2},"description":"Once a cross-Channel ferry harbour linking Folkestone with Boulogne, this port no longer handles commercial shipping: the freight service ended in 1966 and the last passenger ferry sailed in 2000. The harbour arm on the English Channel now serves leisure craft, a small fishing fleet and tourism rather than cargo, with no container, breakbulk or RoRo facilities. For freight forwarders its relevance is minimal. Roll-on/roll-off and ferry traffic across the Strait of Dover runs through nearby Dover","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/folkestone-port-gb-fol","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/folkestone-port-gb-fol","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Folkestone Harbour · (UN/LOCODE: GB FOL) · United Kingdom · Small"}