France
France is a country in Western Europe. The Mediterranean Sea coastline is known as the Côte d’Azur or French Riviera and is around 885 km long. The top seaport on the coastline is the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille. The Port of Marseille Fos is a multipurpose, multi-channel port with infrastructure to handle all types of traffic. Thanks to its geostrategic positioning, at the heart of the Euro-Mediterranean area, and its quadrimodality (road, rail, river and pipelines), it is positioned as one of Europe’s southern gateways. West of Marseille is the Port of Sète, and east of Marseille are a number of smaller ports focussed on tourism and yachting.
Port of Sète forecasts 220,000 passengers in 2024
Sète, France (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – By year-end, the Port of Sète in southern France estimates that it will have handled around 220,000...
Two mega gantry cranes arrive in le Havre for MSC terminals
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Two days ago, the Zhen Hua 27 ship arrived at the HAROPA-managed port of Le Havre and delivered two...
French state acquires an 80% stake in Alcatel Submarine Networks
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – The French government is acquiring an 80% stake in ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks) from Nokia to support...
Port of Le Havre is to host three new industrial projects
Le Havre, France, (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – The Port of Le Havre is to host three new industrial projects totalling an estimated investment of...
Höegh Evi has signed an MoU with Port-La-Nouvelle
Port-La Nouvelle, France (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Finland’s Höegh Evi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Port-La...
Groupe Combronde orders four Kalmar Eco reachstackers
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The French transport and logistics provider Groupe Combronde has ordered four new reachstackers from...
Rhône Energies completes purchase of Fos-sur-Mer refinery, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Rhône Energies, a consortium of Entara and Trafigura, has completed the acquisition of the...
Le Havre: GMP orders 26 Kalmar straddle carriers
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) is equipping its Port 2000 terminal in Le Havre with a fleet...
Euroports promotes offshore wind energy support
Port-la-Nouvelle, France (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Euroports has hosted a meeting of industry professionals to present its Aude wind terminal...
Port of La Rochelle introduces cold ironing
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle has announced that it is now equipped with twelve new...
Marseille port looks to boost business with India
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The French President’s Special Envoy for the IMEC, Gérard Mestrallet, has met with the...
GreenPort congress in Le Havre: environmental challenges vs economic demands
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – The 19th GreenPort congress in Le Havre, France from 23 to 25 of October focuses on the theme of...
Kalmar to supply GMP Le Havre with hybrid straddle carriers
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – Kalmar has signed a deal to supply Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) in Le Havre, France with...
France terre de pêches – new organisation to support fishermen
Paris, France (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Seven producer organizations representing 1,000 companies and around 5,500 fishermen are establishing...
BZ Group strengthens presence in the Rouen port area, HAROPA PORT
News – HAROPA PORT – Maison Bleue terminal – October 4, 2024 A new strategic step for the extension of Maison Bleue terminal operated by the...
Egyptian SCZone delegation visits France
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – Senior management from the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) have been on a promotional tour of France...
Piriou delivers two new tugs to Port of Saint-Malo
St. Malo, France (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two new OST 22 tugs to EDEIS Ports de Saint-Malo & Cancale,...
Marseille port’s DEOS project open for public consultation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – From October 14 to December 23, the public is invited to discuss the opportunity, characteristics and...
France: Total port cargo traffic – Q2 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2024 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de l’Écologie) has published cargo statistics...
France: cargo traffic by port – Q2 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2024 – Traffic at the Port of Marseille rebounded in the second quarter of 2024; +9.1% after -10.6% in Q1 2024...