The port of Dunkerque in brief

France's third-ranking port, Dunkirk is well known as a port handling heavy bulk cargoes for its numerous industrial installations. It has also built its reputation in other sectors such as cross-Channel Ro-Ro traffic to Great Britain, containers, fruit, etc. 


Classified as the 7th port of the North Europe Range which extends from Le Havre to Hamburg, it is also France's leading port for ore and coal imports; France's leading port for containerised fruit imports; France's leading port for copper imports; and France's second-ranking port for trade with Great Britain.
 
 

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  1. NOUVELLE ROUTE D’ACCÈS  AU PORT OUEST - Vignette

    NEW ACCESS ROAD TO THE WESTERN PORT
    19th december 2011

    The new access road to the Western Port was officially opened on 15 December 2011.

  2. LE TERMINAL CÉRÉALIER ÉQUIPÉ D’UN NOUVEAU PORTIQUE

    DUNKERQUE-PORT : NEW GANTRY CRANE
    9th november 2011

    In early November an impressive 400-tonne grain gantry, from Le Havre, was lifted off the 160m-long ship LONE with the two 1,000-tonne cranes and then placed on the Grande-Synthe quay by the staff of BARRA SNM.

  3. Démarrage Importations Agrumes Maroc

    DUNKERQUE-PORT: START OF CITRUS AND FRESH PRODUCE IMPORTS FROM MOROCCO
    3rd november 2011

    For the third consecutive year Dunkirk is participating in the campaign of citrus and fresh produce imports from Morocco with CMA CGMA's Agadir Express service, shipping weekly from Agadir with a transit time of 5 days.

  4. Trafic Septembre 2011

    TRAFFIC UP 10% AT END OF SEPTEMBER
    21st october 2011

    September 2011 saw satisfactory traffic volumes in excess of 3.9 MT. Total traffic to the end of September (35.05 MT) was up 10% over last year.

 
 
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SHOM High Low
Am (Coef 70): 11h55 6h25
Pm (Coef  ):   18h45

Tide forecasts for Dunkirk calculated by the Navy Hydrography and Oceanograhy Department SHOM ©. Reproduction permit No. 319/2009. Reproduction not checked by the SHOM. Refer to the SHOM tide tables.