Maritime transport is an essential vector for international trade, with approximately 90% of worldwide trade taking place by sea. The Urban Community and Dunkerque-Port are convinced that the port has the capacity to meet new challenges.
Dunkirk, 11 October 2010: Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque is proud to announce the inauguration, today, of its NFTI (Nord France Terminal International) container terminal.
On Tuesday 5 October the representatives of Delta Shipping Lines, a Cypriot company specialising in short sea shipping, were in Dunkirk to meet their French customers and to be present when one of their ships, the Kalina, called in the Western Port.
After 12 years of close cooperation between Guadeloupe and Martinique in the refrigerated carriage of bananas, Dunkerque-Port, the CNTPA-CSOPMI and the Guadeloupe & Martinique Banana Producers' Union (UGPBAN) have decided to reinforce their partnership by signing a new Charter.
The document was signed by UGPBAN President Eric de Lucy, Martine Bonny, Chair of Dunkerque-Port's Executive Committee, and Franck Gonsse, Secretary General of the CNTPA-CSOPMI (Occasional and Temporary Port Workers' Union). Also present were Xavier Eiglier, Director of Lignes Antilles Guyane CMA-CGM, and Michel Delebarre, President of Dunkirk Urban Community.
Jean-Frédéric Laurent has just been appointed Strategy and Development Director of Dunkerque-Port, replacing Pierre Joly on his retirement. He is 41.