The new access road to the Western Port was officially opened on 15 December 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.
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.
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.
On 16 September 2011 Dunkerque-Port, Ports de Lille and Delta 3 met in Lille for the General Meeting to set up the "GARP" (Regional Port Operators Group) Trade Association.