Port of Dunkerque

DUNKERQUE-PORT HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON DREDGING AND BIODIVERSITY

Sun, 06 May 12 22:00:00 +0000

On 29 and 30 May Dunkerque-Port will host a two-day Symposium, the first day devoted to dredging and the second to biodiversity. Ten years after holding the first technical Symposium on dredging, Dunkerque-Port is repeating the experience, this year adding a biodiversity day.

DUNKERQUE-PORT PHOTO EXHIBITION AT NAMUR ARSENAL, BELGIUM

Sun, 06 May 12 22:00:00 +0000

From 10 May to 15 June 2012, an itinerant photo exhibition dedicated to the Port of Dunkirk will be on display in the Namur Arsenal (Salle Mazarin). The event is taking place in collaboration with the Port Authority and the City of Namur, in the context of the partnerships between the ports and their excellent commercial and industrial relations.

NEW WEEKLY SERVICE

Mon, 23 Apr 12 22:00:00 +0000

From 10 June 2012, the date of the inaugural call at Dunkirk, the maritime transport group CMA CGM will include Dunkirk (after Antwerp and before Le Havre) in the rotations of its EPIC (Europe Pakistan India Consortium) service.

TRAFFIC REPORT - MARCH 2012

Wed, 11 Apr 12 22:00:00 +0000

After a slow month of February, the figures for March are again encouraging. Total traffic to the end of March was up 2% over last year.

CHRISTINE CABAU WOEHREL APPOINTED CHAIR OF DUNKERQUE-PORT’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Thu, 22 Mar 12 23:00:00 +0000

48-year-old Christine Cabau Woehrel has just been appointed Chair of Dunkerque-Port's Executive Committee by a French Presidential Decree dated 14 March 2012.

IBERIAN PENINSULA: THE PORT OF DUNKIRK DEVELOPS ITS SHORTSEA SHIPPING OFFER

Tue, 20 Mar 12 23:00:00 +0000

As of Monday 16 April 2012 the maritime operator MacAndrews, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, will offer a call at Dunkirk every week on its route to Portugal.

DUNKERQUE-PORT'S EXHIBITION IN CHARLEROI

Wed, 07 Mar 12 23:00:00 +0000

From 15 March to 14 April 2012 an itinerant photo exhibition dedicated to the Port of Dunkirk will be at Charleroi Town Hall, at the invitation of the City of Charleroi and in collaboration with Charleroi Port Authority, in the context of the partnerships between the ports and their excellent commercial and industrial relations.

DUNKERQUE-PORT’S EXHIBITION IN LIÈGE

Tue, 21 Feb 12 23:00:00 +0000

From 28 February to 12 March 2012 an itinerant photo exhibition dedicated to the Port of Dunkirk will be on display in the lobby of Liège Town Hall, at the invitation of Liège Port Authority and the City of Liège, in the context of the partnerships between the ports and their excellent commercial and industrial relations.

CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE LNG TERMINAL AND CROSS-CHANNEL TRAFFIC

Tue, 17 Jan 12 23:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port wishes to clarify certain points following the article which appeared in the Dunkirk edition of La Voix du Nord on Sunday 15 January.

NEW ACCESS ROAD TO THE WESTERN PORT

Sun, 18 Dec 11 23:00:00 +0000

The new access road to the Western Port was officially opened on 15 December 2011.

DUNKERQUE-PORT : NEW GANTRY CRANE

Tue, 08 Nov 11 23:00:00 +0000

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.

DUNKERQUE-PORT: START OF CITRUS AND FRESH PRODUCE IMPORTS FROM MOROCCO

Wed, 02 Nov 11 23:00:00 +0000

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.

TRAFFIC UP 10% AT END OF SEPTEMBER

Thu, 20 Oct 11 22:00:00 +0000

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.

DUNKERQUE-PORT, PORTS DE LILLE, DELTA 3: setup of a Trade Association ("GIE")

Sun, 02 Oct 11 22:00:00 +0000

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.

CREATION OF AN INTERMEDIATE ROUNDABOUT

Thu, 29 Sep 11 22:00:00 +0000

An intermediate roundabout is to be created as part of the new road network in the Western Port.

WASTE COLLECTION AND MONITORING: NEW REGULATIONS IN THE PORT OF DUNKIRK

Thu, 29 Sep 11 22:00:00 +0000

Since 19 September a new system for monitoring cargo residues and ships' operational waste has been put in place by Dunkerque-Port.

DUNKIRK: RENOVATION OF OUTLET CHANNEL

Thu, 29 Sep 11 22:00:00 +0000

Work will soon begin on Dunkirk's outlet channel, which discharges water from the hinterland, including from the Bergues canal.

LAUNCH OF RAIL SHUTTLE BETWEEN DUNKIRK AND THE PARIS AREA

Wed, 21 Sep 11 22:00:00 +0000

On Wednesday 21 September 2011 RAIL LINK EUROPE (RLE) launched a weekly container rail shuttle, with 80 TEU capacity, between Dunkerque-Port's Flanders Terminal and the Bonneuil-Sur-Marne Terminal in the south of the Greater Paris Area.

Offshore windpower

Tue, 19 Jul 11 22:00:00 +0000

Following the call for tenders issued by the Minister for Energy on 12 July 2011 for offshore wind-power plants in mainland France, Dunkerque-Port is offering two sites for the installation of component production factories (platforms, blades, masts, foundations, etc) and the related logistics.

DUNKERQUE PORT IN SHANGHAI

Tue, 19 Jul 11 22:00:00 +0000

A delegation from the Port of Dunkirk, led by Commercial Director Daniel Deschodt and including Michel Delebarre, Former Minister of State, President of the Urban Community, MP and Mayor of Dunkirk, and François Soulet de Brugière, President of the French Seaports Association, visited Shanghai in early July on a prospecting mission and to present the Port's activities and latest developments.

DUNKERQUE PORT IN SHANGHAI

Mon, 18 Jul 11 22:00:00 +0000

LNG TERMINAL: START OF PREPARATORY WORKS

Thu, 02 Jun 11 22:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port is currently carrying out a series of road works in preparation for the construction of the LNG terminal, which will begin as soon as the migratory bird breeding season has ended. The aim is to improve access to the Clipon area from the Dunes Lock.

CMA CGM TITAN CHRISTENED AT DUNKIRK

Mon, 23 May 11 22:00:00 +0000

On 24 May the container carrier CMA CGM TITAN was christened at the Flanders Terminal of Dunkerque-Port, in the presence of its godmother the MEDEF President Laurence Parisot, Jacques R. Saadé, CEO of CMA CGM, and Martine Bonny, Chair of Dunkerque-Port's Executive Committee.

DUNKERQUE-PORT LAUNCHES ITS IPAD/IPHONE APPLICATION

Thu, 19 May 11 22:00:00 +0000

In a constant concern to improve its visibility for customers, Dunkerque-Port is continuing to develop via the social networks and new information technologies.

NEW WATERWAY SERVICE FROM DUNKIRK

Thu, 12 May 11 22:00:00 +0000

Starting on 18 May 2011, RSC (River Shuttle Containers) will offer a weekly waterway service between Dunkirk and Dourges, on fixed days.

DUNKERQUE-PORT PARTICIPATES IN THE FESTIVAL OF THE SEA

Thu, 05 May 11 22:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port is participating in the Festival of the Sea and Watersports (Fêtes de la Mer et du Nautisme) which will take place on 14 and 15 May around the Commercial Dock in Dunkirk.

TRAFFIC IN DUNKERQUE-PORT TOTAL TO THE END OF APRIL: 15.83 MT (+11%)

Wed, 04 May 11 22:00:00 +0000

April's traffic volumes confirm the good start to the year. Total traffic to the end of April was up 11% compared with last year.

THE PORT PRESENTS ITS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT POLICY

Sun, 03 Apr 11 22:00:00 +0000

On 4 April 2011 Dunkerque-Port gave a presentation of its Natural Heritage Master Plan. This strategy is fully in line with its Sustainable Development and Action Plan (PA2D) which is currently being implemented.

DUNKIRK: FRANCE'S LEADING RAIL PORT

Thu, 31 Mar 11 22:00:00 +0000

This Thursday Dunkerque-Port took part in the "National Rail Lines Conference" organised by French Railways RFF as part of the International Transport and Logistics Week (SITL) which is taking place in Paris this week.

SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: THE PORT’S COMMITMENT

Mon, 21 Mar 11 23:00:00 +0000

In connection with World Water Day on 22 March, an agreement has been signed between DUNKERQUE-PORT and BEFESA ZINC in Gravelines, on the release of effluents into port docks.

MANAGING SAND MOVEMENTS

Thu, 17 Feb 11 23:00:00 +0000

Experiments to provide a better understanding of windborne sand movements have been conducted since January 2011 at the Braek Dyke, an asphalt structure marking the boundary between the beach and Dunkerque-Port's maritime dock.

CREATION OF THE I-TRANS INNOVATION PLATFORM FOR LOGISTICS AND CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORT (I-TRANS LTM)

Thu, 09 Dec 10 23:00:00 +0000

A partnership agreement was signed on 10 December by Dunkerque-Port, Dunkirk Urban Community, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Council, Eurotunnel company, the Greater Calais Community, Calais Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Nord-Pas de Calais Logistics and Transport Club, Lens Euralogistic Hub, and the Opal Coast and Artois Universities. The agreement, an initiative of the "Transport Terrestre Promotion Northern France" association which heads up the i-Trans world competitiveness cluster for rail and innovative transport systems, is aimed at creating an innovation platform for the development of logistics and consolidated transport.

LOADING OF PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Mon, 18 Oct 10 22:00:00 +0000

The conventional ship M/V DANZIGERGRACHT is in port at Freycinet 13 to load public works equipment for the construction of a 450-km gas pipeline.

DUNKERQUE-PORT NOW MANAGER OF ITS RAIL INFRASTRUCTURES

Thu, 14 Oct 10 22:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port (Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque / GPMD) has announced that it is the first port in France to operate and maintain its rail infrastructures.

2010-2013 FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN DUNKIRK URBAN COMMUNITY AND DUNKERQUE-PORT

Sun, 10 Oct 10 22:00:00 +0000

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.

GRAND PORT MARITIME DE DUNKERQUE INAUGURATES ITS NFTI CONTAINER TERMINAL

Sun, 10 Oct 10 22:00:00 +0000

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.

DELTA SHIPPING LINES meets its customers in Dunkirk

Tue, 05 Oct 10 22:00:00 +0000

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.

Partnership Charter signed between Dunkerque-Port, the CNTPA-CSOPMI and the banana producers of Guadeloupe & Martinique

Wed, 08 Sep 10 22:00:00 +0000

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, NEW STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Sun, 15 Aug 10 22:00:00 +0000

Jean-Frédéric Laurent has just been appointed Strategy and Development Director of Dunkerque-Port, replacing Pierre Joly on his retirement. He is 41.

SME ADVICE UNIT SET UP

Sun, 25 Jul 10 22:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port, the Cité des Entreprises ("Business City"), the Nord-Pas de Calais Logistics and Transport Club and the Regional Customs Departments of Lille and Dunkirk signed an agreement on 25 June in the presence of the Interregional Customs Director and the President of the Maritime and Commercial Union of Dunkirk.

Dunkerque-Port signs cooperation charter with the Port of Shanghai

Thu, 08 Jul 10 22:00:00 +0000

This week Martine Bonny, Chair of Dunkerque-Port's Executive Committee, and the Port's Commercial Director Daniel Deschodt, accompanied a large delegation of decision-makers from the Nord-Pas de Calais Region in an economic mission to Shanghai.

DUNKERQUE-PORT ADOPTS A NEW SIGNING SYSTEM

Tue, 22 Jun 10 22:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port is planning a complete change to its directional signing to improve accessibility.

LNG Terminal project: AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS

Tue, 08 Jun 10 22:00:00 +0000

Aware of the importance of the Clipon site for the observation of animal and plant species, Dunkerque-Port, represented by Martine Bonny, Chair of the Executive Committee, and Dunkerque LNG, represented by its General Director Marc Girard, signed an agreement on 4 June 2010, in the presence of Dunkirk's Sub-Prefect Jérôme Gutton, allowing five associations permanent access to the LNG Terminal site.

Delta Shipping, a new partner for trade with Russia

Mon, 22 Mar 10 23:00:00 +0000

Since mid-February the Cypriot company Delta Shipping Lines has been running a weekly container service between Dunkirk and St Petersburg with the following rotation: Tilbury – Dunkirk – Hamburg – St Petersburg.

New website for DUNKERQUE-PORT

Sun, 14 Mar 10 23:00:00 +0000

Dunkerque-Port's latest-generation website went online on Monday 15 March.

UGPBAN and DUNKERQUE-PORT sign a partnership charter with farmers' associations in the Caribbean

Sun, 31 Jan 10 23:00:00 +0000

After 12 years of close cooperation between Guadeloupe and Martinique in the refrigerated carriage of bananas, Dunkerque-Port and theGuadeloupe and Martinique Banana Producers' Associations Union (UGPBAN) have decided to reinforce their partnership by signing a new charter. Bananas account for an annual tonnage of approximately 300,000 tonnes for Dunkerque-Port

DUNKERQUE-PORT CHOOSES EUROTUNNEL TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS RAIL NETWORK

Tue, 12 Jan 10 23:00:00 +0000

To promote the development of rail services to seaports, the government order of 2 August 2005 transferred all port railway lines to the port authorities. The port of Dunkirk is now authorised to build and manage its own railway lines, the French Rail Network (RFF) being required to connect them to the national network.

DUNKERQUE-PORT RECEIVES ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION

Mon, 11 Jan 10 23:00:00 +0000

During 2007 the General Management of Dunkerque-Port decided to aim for accreditation regarding its facilities for ships and inland waterway vessels. The Port achieved this objective at the end of December 2009 on the basis of the ISO 9001 version 2008 benchmark.