Container volumes rise at Port of Dunkerque despite COVID-19 pandemic

The Port of Dunkerque saw its container volumes rise by 2% in 2020, despite the pandemic, however the port’s overall annual traffic dropped 14% compared with 2019.

Down from the previous year’s 52.6m tonnes of annual traffic, port traffic dropped to 45.2m tonnes having been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Containers grew to 463,000 teu in 2020, with full containers increasing by 5% to 290,000 teu in the same period – over the past 10 years, cumulative growth in the sector has now reached 130%.