The Grand Port Maritime de la Réunion achieved a turnover of 49 million euros in 2020, impacted by the health crisis in the same proportions as traffic, which fell by 4%. During the supervisory board meeting on March 11, the multi-annual investment programming for 2021-2023 has been revised to take into account the consequences of the pandemic. It will amount to around 120 million euros, including 63 million from the Grand Port's own funds. The accumulation of expected subsidies from the European Union, of the state, via the recovery plan and the Réunion Region amounts to 37 million euros. 20 million will be borrowed in addition. The use of leasing for the acquisition of two new container gantry cranes, at a cost of €17 million, was recorded, just like the acquisition of a floating dock and the development of the Ateliers de l’Océan inside the former grain terminal. The supervisory board also validated several operations. Modernization of the sugar terminal, for a total amount of 5,5 million euros, starts in April with the support of the European Union. The strengthening of the port's protective shell will continue in 2021 and 2022, pour 1,8 M€, thanks to credits from the recovery plan. The modernization of video protection and its extension to the West port will be accelerated, for a total amount of €2 million, thanks to ERDF credits. The arrival in September of a new multipurpose mobile crane, to both handle the biomass imported by Albioma and unload container ships, was also confirmed.
