A Corsica Linea company ship in the port of Marseille - CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP

According to the president of the regional chamber of commerce and industry of Aix-Marseille quoted by France 3, the blocking of the port by the strikers of the South and those mobilized against the pension reform since December has already and already generated a loss of 100 million euros, including 33 million euros in direct losses for the local economy.

The port of Marseille-Fos recorded a drop in traffic of 21% in December and 40% for the start of January. The CGT federation of Ports and Docks has planned a new blocking operation from Wednesday to Friday in the seven major French ports (Dunkirk, Le Havre, Rouen, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Marseille) to protest the reform retirements.

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