Kent port with a ferry link to Ostend, Belgium until 2013 (8)

I believe the answer is:

ramsgate

(Other definitions for ramsgate that I've seen before include "port" , "Violently strikes barrier in seaside town" , "Kent seaside resort" , "English resort" , "Kent town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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