France’s primary grain export port is 100 kilometres away from the open sea – close to farmers, who have seen fluctuations in demand for wheat and other grains since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia’s recent pullout of the Black Sea grain deal, right at the start of France’s summer harvest season, could once more shake operations up.
The port of Rouen stretches west from the city centre and its famous cathedral, along 15 kilometres of the Seine River that spills out into the English Channel some 100 kilometres away.
