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Traffic levels at French ports have returned to the level of ten years ago
In the first three months of 2020, 78.46 million tonnes of goods (-2.5%) were handled
June 17, 2020
With regard to the main national ports, in the first three months The ports of Marseille and Le Havre have seen increases in traffic jams, having handled 21.80 million traffic tonnes (up 8.1%) 18.55 million tonnes (up 10.0%), while decreases were recorded at the ports of Dunkirk with 10.93 million tonnes (-16.7%), Calais with 9.61 million tonnes (-21.5%), Nantes with 7.40 million tonnes (-3.6%) And Rouen with 5.96 million tonnes (-5.9%).
The Ministry of Transport in Paris has specified that the traffic decline in the first quarter from ports France was driven by the effects of the strikes against the draft pension reform that took place in December 2019 and January 2020 and the containment and closure measures frontiers adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic, to which There were also the impact of the uncertainty on Brexit and the tensions in the oil market.
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With regard to the main national ports, in the first three months The ports of Marseille and Le Havre have seen increases in traffic jams, having handled 21.80 million traffic tonnes (up 8.1%) 18.55 million tonnes (up 10.0%), while decreases were recorded at the ports of Dunkirk with 10.93 million tonnes (-16.7%), Calais with 9.61 million tonnes (-21.5%), Nantes with 7.40 million tonnes (-3.6%) And Rouen with 5.96 million tonnes (-5.9%).
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