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Model of the liner terminal .

At the end of the 19th century, commerce trading in the harbour  became very significant. The liners and steamers which were supposed to put into port in Cherbourg did not actually dock  but stayed in the large outer harbour. Some transfer boats would go over to pick up passengers and luggage and would often make the journey between liner and harbour several times a day.

In 1927, Cherbourg harbour would forward more liners towards New York than trains towards Paris. Its postal trade was the most important of all French harbours with, annually, nearly 60 000 postal bags. 

We therefore can imagine the importance this line of operation represented for Cherbourg.