UK Border Force officers have the power to arrest and detain individuals in the immigration control zone in the port.

Behind a sluice gate and a moveable bridge lies Bassin de Ouest, which is used as a mooring space for yachts and other pleasure boats.

[8] As of June 2021[update], three companies operate regular scheduled services to Calais: Cargo traffic has tripled over the past two decades.

There are regular TER Hauts-de-France trains through Hazebrouck to Lille Flandres (for SNCB/NMBS into Belgium, for example to Gent-Sint-Pieters), Calais-Fréthun, Boulogne, as well as along the coast via Gravelines to Dunkerque.

There are also direct TGV trains which run from Calais-Ville then via Calais-Fréthun (served by Eurostar) to Lille-Europe and Paris Gare du Nord.