The port of Marseille is blocked, as part of the “dead ports” day. Likewise for the A55 motorway, one of the main entrances to Marseille, closed in one direction since 6:40 a.m.
Pallet and tire fires lit by protesters. The lights were extinguished in the morning, but the highway, which runs along the port, was still closed more than four hours after the start of the action, according to an AFP photographer.
“The damage caused to the road being greater than expected, the A55 remains closed until further notice from the exit of Estaque in the direction of Marseille”, tweeted the prefect of police for her part around 10:30 a.m.
The port of Marseille-Fos, one of the largest in France, is completely blocked as part of a day of action “dead ports” at the call of the CGT union.
“All access is blocked, ships at the docks cannot be unloaded or loaded and must wait,” Alain Mistre, president of the Maritime and River Union, which brings together port companies, told AFP.
“Those who are at sea remain in the harbour”, he added, specifying that some container ships could decide not to call at Marseilles but to go to other Mediterranean ports, as has already been the case. case last week.