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Strikes against pension reform: resumption of fuel shipments to Esso-ExxonMobil in Fos-sur-Mer

2023-03-10T09:04:44.462Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - The mobilization seems to calm down this Friday, despite some regional actions. The risk of a fuel shortage is receding, with shipments gradually resuming.


This Friday marks the pace of mobilizations in France, but that does not exclude some actions in the regions.

The movement should resume with a vengeance on Saturday March 11, at the call of a new day of mobilization by the unions.

While the leaders have sent a letter to the President of the Republic, they still refute the government's pension reform project.

Le Figaro

takes stock of the actions of strikers and unions this Friday, March 10.

Resumption of fuel shipments to Fos-sur-Mer

Fuel shipments resumed this Friday, at least for the morning, at the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Fos-sur-Mer, according to the group.

There are "no

more

strikes at the Fos refinery on this morning's shift

", with a "

resumption of shipments since 6 a.m. today

", said a spokeswoman for the oil group.

The new afternoon shift line will decide during the day if it takes the same decision as the morning shift, or if it continues the movement.

Fuel shipments had already resumed Thursday at the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon (Normandy), according to the same source.

The employees of the other French refineries of TotalEnergies are continuing their protest movement against the government's pension reform, we also learned from the CGT.

Read alsoFuel shortage: 5% of service stations out of stock before the weekend

Traffic that improves in transport

If a "

clear improvement

" is observed at the

RATP

this Friday, the

SNCF

is still facing significant difficulties, which should last this weekend.

One TGV Inoui and one Ouigo in two circulate on average, indicates the rail group.

One out of two trains is planned on the East and South-East axes, and two out of five on the North and Atlantic axes.

Only one in ten trains travels from province to province.

Internationally, the SNCF plans two out of three Eurostars, three out of five Thalys and two out of five Lyria.

There is also one in three trains on the connection with Italy, one in four on the one with Spain and two out of five on the one with Germany.

As for the Intercités, the group expects to see one train out of four during the day, and still no nights from Thursday to Friday and from Friday to Saturday.

Strong difficulties are also expected on the regional side.

In the

air sector

, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has, for this Friday, made the same request to the airlines as on Thursday, that is to say to cancel 20% of flights at the airport. Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and 30% at Orly, Nice, Beauvais, Bordeaux, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes airports.

Read alsoSNCF, RATP, air: find all the traffic forecasts for this Friday and this weekend

Garbage collectors still on strike

The waste continues to pile up in the capital, while the garbage collectors maintain the strike.

On the sidewalks, passers-by slalom between the trash cans.

Many districts are affected.

In Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, the mobilization of garbage collectors is not weakening either.

All together and all together!

“, they launch in chorus in a video posted on Twitter.

The industrial zone of Le Havre again blocked

According to information from

Ouest-France

, blockages are still in progress in Le Havre, in Seine-Maritime, on the industrial zone.

The traffic axes have been disrupted since Friday morning.

The port of Le Havre has however resumed these activities, before a new “ dead ports

” operation

scheduled for Thursday March 16, according to the national federation of ports and docks CGT.

Source: lefigaro

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