The biggest ferry on the Channel, the Spirit of Britain is 700 feet long, almost 100 feet wide, and can carry more than 1,000 cars as well as 2,000 passengers.
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The longest ferry crossing is from Portsmouth to Bilbao, with a duration of at least 31.5 hours and up to 36 hours.
The busiest seaway in the world, the English Channel, connects Great Britain and mainland Europe, with ships sailing from the UK ports of Dover, Newhaven, Poole, Portsmouth and Plymouth to French ports, such as Calais, Dunkirk, Dieppe, Roscoff, Cherbourg-Octeville, Caen, St Malo and Le Havre.
Sailings from Dover – Dunkirk take on average 2h. The fastest ferry from England to France is from Folkestone. There are 27 nautical miles (50km) from Folkestone to Calais, with an average crossing time of around 35 minutes.
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The biggest ferry on the Channel, the Spirit of Britain is 700 feet long, almost 100 feet wide, and can carry more than 1,000 cars as well as 2,000 passengers.