fuel shipments blocked, transport still disrupted

The union revolt continues this Thursday, with several actions against the government’s pension reform project. It’s about a “great day of energy sobriety“, according to CGT. While shipments of fuels and several ports are blocked all over France, this day is also that of young people. High school students and college students are called to demonstrate this Thursdayand a demonstration will take place in Paris in the afternoon.

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Fuel shipments still stuck at refineries

Fuel shipments have not left French refineries for several days now. Without creating a national shortage at this stage, they are still blocked this Thursday morning at the exit of refineries TotalEnergies, reports CGT-Chemistry. For its part, the oil group specifies that “of the 290 operators posted this morning, 51% were on strike, i.e. 149 people“, before adding that he”it is indeed the operators on the first quarter and not all the employees of the refineries“. On the Esso-ExxonMobil side, thestrike is also carried over to the Esso refinery in Fos-sur-mer“, with 70% of strikers.

“Yesterday, 7% of service stations lacked at least one fuel. You should know that there are always gas stations short of fuel regardless of strikes so we were slightly above the normal level of fuel stock shortages“, underlined this Thursday morning on Franceinfo Olivier Ganthois, the director of the French Union of Petroleum Industries (UFIP EM). “There is no supply problem for service stations today in France, he added. Yesterday we delivered the normal amount of fuel from depots to service stations“.

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Transport remains disrupted

This Thursday, the transport networks are still disrupted by the renewable strikes. “Transport disruptions will continue until Friday“, warned Wednesday the Minister Delegate for Transport, Clement Beaune. According to RATPtraffic will be normal on the bus and tram networks, almost normal on the RER A, disrupted in the metro and very disrupted on the RER B. SNCF, the disturbances will also continue this Thursday: one out of three TGV Inoui will run, as well as one out of three Ouigo. In France, two out of five TER will circulate on average, depending on the region. The Intercités will also remain marked by the social movement, with one train in four during the day, and no trains at night from Wednesday to Thursday and from Thursday to Friday. In the airline sectorthe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has asked airlines to cancel 20% of flights at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and 30% at the airports of Orly, Nice, Beauvais, Bordeaux , Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes, for the days of Thursday and Friday.

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Mobilizations in high schools and universities

This Thursday, high school and university students are coming together to campaign against pension reform, but also to demand a rapid reform of the scholarship system. Several high schools are blocked everywhere in France: in Paris, Grenoble, Rennes, Bordeaux or even Marseille. Trash cans lined up in front of the gates of the establishments, banners waved, union flags floating in the air… the students continue to gather this Thursday morning. A demonstration from Saint-Lazare station in Paris is scheduled from 2 p.m.

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A blocked toll in the Pyrénées-Orientales

Near Perpignan, on the A9 motorway, nearly 200 demonstrators have been blocking the Boulou toll since 7:30 a.m., according to information from France 3 Regions. “The objective is to materialize this France at a standstill“, indicates the union Labor Force. Road traffic is thus disrupted with stationary vehicles and trucks. If the operation can still last, the police are currently on site and are waiting for the green light to unblock the situation.