The blockages of the Marseille biorefinery of La Mède, owned by TotalEnergies, and of the oil terminals of the large maritime port of Marseille owned by Fluxel were lifted on Friday, according to a union source and the management of TotalEnergies.
La Mède produces small volumes of biodiesel and other biofuels.
TotalEnergies has three conventional refineries elsewhere in the country (Normandy and Donges are shut down, Feyzin is in service).
"
The morning shift on the La Mède platform voted non-striker so the maneuvers to prepare for the restart of the refinery can resume as well as fuel shipments," said
a union source.
The management underlines for its part that the social movement was lifted at 4:00 a.m., thus allowing the "
resumption of shipments and the launch of the start-up of the biorefinery facilities
".
At Fluxel, which manages oil terminals in the large maritime port of Marseille, "
the movement was lifted yesterday (Thursday) evening
", according to the union source.
“
There may still be calls for demonstrations but we are moving towards a lifting of the renewable strike movement, there is a part of fatalism and discouragement in the face of government inflexibility, no acceptance but a lot of resentment and bitterness that will leave traces
, ”commented this source.