From August 2, the Dutch shipping line Seatrade Reefer Chartering NV will link Ecuador, Peru and Surinam to Dunkerque. The decision comes one year after the extension of the NEFWI (North Europe French West Indies) service, operated by CMA CGM in conjunction with Marfret, with the addition of the ports of Moin (Costa Rica), Cartagena and Santa Marta (Colombia). The new link is further to the initiative of the SIIM international imports company, market leader in pineapple production in Ecuador with 2,000 hectares cultivated in-house and packaged under the Terrasol brand for the European market.
Dunkerque-Port has just joined the “Getting to Zero” Coalition, in order to support the decarbonisation of the shipping industry by working in conjunction with companies from the shipping, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors.
On June 25, the AUTF (*), the French shippers' trade association (representing importers and exporters from all over France) revealed its satisfaction index of the shippers' perception of maritime transport, based on a survey entrusted to Eurogroup Consulting and conducted with around fifty decision-makers.
On June 24, Dunkerque-Port was again awarded PERS certification (Port Environmental Review System) set up by the EcoPorts network and issued by the ESPO (European Sea Ports Organisation).
The CMA CGM Georg Forster, a ship of the French Asia Line (FAL 1) of the CMA CGM Group operated as part of the Ocean Alliance (CMA CGM - EVERGREEN - COSCO - OOCL), made its first port call at the Terminal des Flandres on Tuesday 12 May. The ship, built in 2015, has a capacity of 17,700 TEUs, including 1,254 reefer sockets.