Almost all plain sailing
Ports de Normandie’s review and outlook. The maritime gateways grouped in Ports de Normandie registered increases in freight traffic in 2024. This year, the company plans to focus on decarbonising transport across the English Channel, amongst other priorities.
Ports de Normandie has reviewed the past year in detail and is looking ahead to the next. In a statement the organisation reported its “positive results.”
The ports are “an essential partner of the region’s key fields of trade and industry,” which in this region, the company underlined, means agriculture and the food industry, construction, tourism and the ecological transition. These are fields it says it “actively supports.”
One particular reason to be satisfied, according to Ports de Normandie, are positive developments in terms of the number of customers. They place their trust in the company, which is also evidenced by the implementation of TSM and Padmos in Dieppe, and in the ongoing fleet renewal for Brittany Ferries.
Freight traffic coming along nicely
The ports recorded “moderate growth” in freight throughput in the twelve-month period under review, following a significant drop in tonnage in 2023. Cargo volumes grew by 7%, which puts the hubs “well on the path to success,” according to the company. This also applies to cross-Channel freight traffic, which increased by 0.5%.
At the same time, trade with the United Kingdom across the English Channel and with Ireland remained stable, having also declined somewhat in 2023.
In 2025 the association intends to continue to focus on decarbonisation, particularly in cross-Channel ferry operations, which remain its primary field of activity. In addition, shore power infrastructure is set to be installed at three ports, in order to comply with European Union regulations by 2030 at the latest.