Dunkirk increases volumes by 10%

The Port of Dunkirk has increased its container throughput in 2017 despite bad weather hitting some of its key trading partners.

Throughput was up by 10% to 374,000 teu at the Northern French port, which is the country’s leading port for containerised fruit and vegetable imports.

In a statement, the Port of Dunkirk said: “During 2017, this activity suffered the combined effects of Storm Matthew and then Hurricane Maria in the French Antilles, which severely affected the production of bananas and hence the imports of these fruits at the port of Dunkirk. Without these events and their economic impact, Dunkirk would have handled nearly 400,000 teu.”