Press release

DUNKERQUE-PORT CONTINUES WORK ON FLANDERS TERMINAL EXTENSION
13rd march 2018

Container handling in the Port of Dunkirk takes place mainly at the Flanders Terminal. The activity continues to grow steadily, with numbers increasing from 200,000 TEU in 2010 to 375,000 TEU in 2017.

In February 2017, to maintain this development and ensure that the world's largest container carriers can be berthed in all sea conditions, the Port of Dunkirk, as Project Owner, launched the building of the Flanders Terminal Extension.

DUNKERQUE-PORT CONGRATULATES CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!
5th march 2018

Nominated in eight categories, Christopher Nolan's film "Dunkirk" brilliantly won three awards at the 90th Oscars Ceremony in Los Angeles on 3 March: for best editing (Lee Smith), best sound mixing and best sound editing (Richard King and Alex Gibson). These three well-deserved Oscars honour the technological and cinematographic excellence of the film crew's work.

DUNKERQUE-PORT: FIRST SHIP SUCCESSFULLY REFUELLED WITH LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) AT LNG TERMINAL
2nd february 2018

The day after the first icebreaker tanker docked at the Dunkerque LNG terminal, the station's staff carried out their first ship refuelling with LNG.

DUNKERQUE-PORT: CLOSE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON CAP 2020 PROJECT
24th january 2018

Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque (GPMD) is extremely pleased with the Public Consultation about the CAP 2020 project, which ran from 18 September to 22 December 2017.

2017 TRAFFIC: DUNKIRK BEATS 50 MT RECORDS
13rd january 2018

Annual traffic for 2017 was over 50.4 MT, an increase of 3% compared with 2016.