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 2.9 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 Manston, Kent's 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.

East Kent is home to significant offshore wind activity with the ports of Ramsgate and Whitstable having been chosen by Thanet Offshore, London Array and Kentish Flats, as a base during construction and for their operations and maintenance facilities. To find out more about offshore wind energy in Kent and Medway, click here.