LNG activities have resumed at Dunkirk terminal, operator says (updated)

Fluxys Belgium SA

17/03/2023 12:38

(Adds detail on first ship to dock)
       PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Disruption at the Dunkirk
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operated by Fluxys
 FLUX.BR  ended on Friday morning, a company spokesperson said,
with shipping data showing a tanker carrying LNG from Russia has
docked at the site.
    Operations at the terminal have been disrupted since March 6
by strike action against the French government's planned pension
reform, which President Emmanuel Macron decided to push through
without a vote Thursday, causing violent unrest overnight.
    Fluxys said the strike was due to end on Friday morning, and
Refinitiv data showed the ship Fedor Litke, carrying LNG from
Yamal, Russia, had arrived earlier at the terminal, the first
since the strike action began.
    "We have resumed our activities," a Fluxys spokesperson
said.
    A union official said the strike was ongoing, without
offering an explanation as to how the terminal had reopened. The
official said on Thursday evening that the action was expected
to continue until Monday.
    No ships have been seen docking at the three other French
LNG terminals operated by Engie  ENGIE.PA  subsidiary Elengy
yet, a Refinitiv analyst said.
    Elengy was not immediately available for comment on whether
the situation had changed at their terminals. A company
spokesperson had previously said the three terminals were
expected to remain blocked until March 21.

 (Reporting by Forrest Crellin; Editing by David Goodman and Jan
Harvey)
 ((Forrest.Crellin@thomsonreuters.com;))