After a year of work without any disruption to activity on the site, the new Channel Terminal in the Port of Dunkirk is now operational.
Gérard Mulliez, founder of the Auchan superstore chain, visited the Port of Dunkirk yesterday where he met Rodolphe Saadé, Vice-President of the CMA CGM Group, on board one of the world's largest container carriers, the CMA CGM Vasco de Gama. The Region's President Xavier Bertrand and Patrice Vergriete, President of Dunkirk Urban Community and Mayor of Dunkirk, were also present at this meeting.
After considering several sites on the North Sea coast, in October 2014 the Belgian industrial group ECOPHOS*, a supplier of technology and producer of food-grade phosphate, decided to build its new production plant on the ICD* industrial platform in Mardyck, near Dunkirk.
The new facilities for arrival, check-in and control of vehicles travelling with DFDS between Dunkirk and Dover came into service during the night of Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 January.
A joint delegation from the Ports of Dunkirk and Nantes Saint-Nazaire, led by their two CEOs, visited Martinique and Guadeloupe from 7 to 13 January 2016.