On Sunday 29 May the passenger liner Astoria, arriving from Tilbury, called at the Port of Dunkirk, where 380 passengers disembarked and 420 new passengers came on board.
Indaver intends to set up a new factory in Loon Plage/Dunkirk, IndaChlor, to recycle production residues and products containing residual chlorine.
Dunkerque-Port will be at the Breakbulk show in Antwerp from 23 to 26 May 2016 to demonstrate its know-how in the handling of conventional cargoes.
Since the construction of the Charles De Gaulle lock which was opened in 1972, Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque has worked with all the port services and with the ArcelorMittal Group to increase, over time, the dimensions of Capesize ships able to enter the Eastern Port. The maximum breadth up to now has been 45 metres.
Road-alternative transport modes in the port of Dunkirk amounted to 52% over 2015, up 3 points compared with 2014.