This Wednesday 16 December 16 2015, Stéphane Raison, CEO of DunkerquePort and OlivierThibault, Director General of the Water Agency Artois Picardie, proceeded to the signingof the multi annual action program 2014-2016 between the Port of Dunkirk and the Water Agency Artois Picardie.
The De Gaulle Lock will be closed to shipping from 1 to 3 December 2015 while the bridge leaf is removed (the part used by road traffic).
On Monday 16 November, in Antwerp, Belgium, a jury of port operators brought together by the International Bulk Journal (IBJ) awarded the «Best Dry Bulk Port» trophy to Dunkerque-Port, in recognition of the outstanding expertise of Dunkirk, the leading French port in the dry bulk sector. The ceremony was attended by the famous Belgian tennis professional Klim Clijsters, who won 41 singles tournaments during her career.
The port of Dunkirk continues to reinforce the inland waterway grid of its direct hinterland. Since mid-November the company CONTARGO has operated a waterway container shuttle between Dunkirk’s Terminal des Flandres (TdF) and the inland ports of Valenciennes.
THE PORT OF DUNKIRK STRENGTHENS ITS POSITION IN SHORTSEA SHIPPING