Sea

For passenger services, East Kent's ports are some of the most popular in Northern Europe. Dover is the leading ferry terminal in the UK handling up to 2.3 million freight vehicles and 2.7 million passenger vehicles a year. There are plans to create a second ferry terminal at Western Docks by 2013 with an overall £420m investment over 30 years.

The Port of Ramsgate is within two kilometres of Kent International Airport and provides full, 24-hour, roll-on, roll-off freight facilities. With the capacity to handle up to 500,000 freight units and five million passengers each year, Ramsgate is well placed to deal with the predicted rise in Channel Port traffic in the next ten years.

Two offshore wind farms, the Kentish flats and the London Array, are set to bring significant benefits to The Port of Ramsgate. In fact, to meet government renewable energy targets, the London Array wind farm aims to provide 10% of the UK's electricity by 2010 and plans to invest £2.3 billion to develop future opportunities.

So, East Kent's excellent ports and the availability of marine-engineering skills make it the natural place for this green technology to develop.