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Eurotunnel sees partial recovery

Eurotunnel’s truck shuttle traffic was down 29% in March compared with the same month last year, at 90,300 vehicles, although it was up by 10,000 vehicles on the previous month, April, acording to data released by operator Getlink on 5 June. Eurotunnel’s truck traffic declined by a third in April 2020, to just under 80,000 vehicles. Whilst lockdown eased in France on 11 May, severe travel restrictions remain, and Eurotunnel ... [+]

Eurotunnel trucks drop by a third

Eurotunnel’s truck traffic declined by a third in the Covid-19-hit month of April 2020, to just under 80,000 vehicles while passenger cars crashed by over 90%, to under 20,000. Operator Getlink attributed the relatively good truck performance to resilient demand for food, pharmaceuticals and e-commerce.   [+]

Strikes and Brexit take their toll on tunnel freight

Eurotunnel freight traffic was down 7% in December 2019, at 121,939 vehicles, compared with the same month last year and 6% down for the year as a whole (1.6 million). Owner Getlink blamed the difficult economic and political context, including the French Customs officers’ strike, uncertainty over Brexit and the ... [+]

New CSR director for Getlink

Eurotunnel operator Getlink has appointed Sandrine Prieur as corporate social responsibility director. She was most recently deputy director of environmental and sustainable development at Paris airport operator Groupe ADP.   [+]

Trucks help Tunnel to record result

Channel Tunnel operator Getlink said that a new truck shuttle record of 1.7 million trucks contributed to an all-time record financial annual result in 2018, with revenue increasing 5% to €1.079 billion. Work is meanwhile going on to build a veterinary and phytosanitary customs ... [+]

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