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Calais freight recovers Brexit losses

Dunkerque is to create a new piggyback terminal at its Western Port. It will offer an alternative to road for freight traffic using ro ro services, as well as for traffic generated by existing and future industrial facilities in the region. It will comprise a transhipment terminal for trailers and swap-bodies and will be developed by Charles André Group. Work is scheduled to begin this year on the nine-hectare site along ... [+]

Calais shows resilience in face of trade storms

Freight through Calais was down by only 8% in 2020, at 1,662,217 lorries, despite the numerous problems caused by Brexit and the Covid crisis, said the port operator in its annual report. The months of April and May, at the height of the Covid crisis, were particularly hard hit and there ... [+]