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.
French Commission for Alternative Energy visits the port of Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2022 – Commissione per l’Energia Nucleare e per le Energie Alternative (CEA) of Grenoble has visited the...
CargoBeamer tests train between ports of Marseille and Calais
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 30, 2022 – CargoBeamer has tested the first intermodal train for semi-trailers between ports of Marseille and...
Le Havre Cruises: the development project for a port with a bright future for sustainable cruises
In order to consolidate the attractiveness of HAROPA PORT on the European cruise market and underpin the strong development of passenger traffic expected over...
CMA CGM creates fund to accelerate energy transition in shipping and logistics
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – The CMA CGM Group announced yesterday that it is creating a Special Fund for Energies, backed by a...
CMA CGM to buy French newspaper La Provence
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – CMA CGM head Rodolphe Saade is set to buy the French regional newspaper La Provence. Based in...
Deputy of the French National Assembly visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – The Deputy of the French National Assembly and member of the Board of the World Hellenic...
Port of Marseille Fos sees steady cargo handled in first half of 2022
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – The Port of Marseille Fos handled 38 million tonnes (mt) of goods between January and June 2022, roughly...
MSC subsidiary Til announces €700 million investment in Le Havre
Paris, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – Terminal Investment Limited (Til) has announced a €700 million investment in its terminals in the Port of...
All three quays in the port of Toulon will have shore-to-ship power connection by mid-2023
Toulon, France, (PortSEurope) July 10, 2022 – The three quays (Fournel, Minerva and Corsica) of the Port of Toulon in Southern France will be equipped with...
French companies develop first hydrogen-powered fuel cell barge to provide power for docked ships
Paris, France (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – A number of French companies are developing the first hydrogen-powered fuel cell barge to provide electric...
EIB to co-finance three floating offshore wind farms in France
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2022 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the conclusion of three financing agreements for...
Port-La Nouvelle repositions itself as a centre of energy transition
Sete, France (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – Port-La Nouvelle in southern France is repositioning itself as a centre of energy transition. The port is...
CMA CGM Group and MPA Collaborate to Advance Maritime Decarbonisation, Digitalisation, Innovation and Workforce Development
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions; and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), on 22 June inked a...
Ranking: French ports – Cargo throughput, Q1 2022
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2020, French ports handled cargo of 73.09 million tonnes. This is up 6.75% on the first...
French ports see Q1 2022 cargo traffic up 6.75%
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the traffic of goods passing through the main French ports in mainland France...
ABB to lead project for largest shore-to-ship solution in Port of Toulon
Toulon, France, (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Swiss company ABB is to lead a consortium to set up a turnkey project for shore-to-ship power...
French companies visit Port of Barcelona
Representatives of around twenty French companies have visited the Port of Barcelona last Friday to see its strategic plans and facilities in situ – June...
Port of Marseille J1 project receives building permit
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 2, 2022 – The consortium of Adim Provence and Banque des Territoires has received the official building permit to...
Fagioli relocates two container cranes from Malta Freeport to Marseille
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – Italian heavy lift and transportation specialist Fagioli has relocated two ZPMC Ship to Shore container...
Port of Marseille to power moored ships with €15 million, solar project
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 16, 2022 – The Mediterranean Port of Marseille will install solar batteries for powering docked cruise liners and...