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.
TotalEnergies announces start of construction of the Eolmed wind farm project
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 13, 2022 – TotalEnergies has announced the start of construction of the Eolmed wind farm project. The project will...
CMA CGM becomes partner to the Jupiter 1000 project
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – The French logistics group CMA CGM Group has become a partner in the Jupiter 1000 industrial demonstrator...
New intracity Seine River project to replace road with river transport between Le Havre, Rouen and Paris
Paris, France (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – Full documentation has been published for the development of a new intracity river transportation on the axis of...
Port of Barcelona presents its services at Fruit Logistica Berlin and SITL Paris
The Port of Barcelona is carrying out an intense promotional activity this week with its participation in two of the most important transport and logistics...
Port of Sète to be home base for hydrogen-powered dredger
Sète, France (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – The Occitanie Region of southern France is to invest in a hydrogen-powered dredger. The vessel will be used...
Port of Sète to move 40,000 containers to UK by train annually
Sète, France (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – The Mediterranean port of Sète-Frontignan will send 40,000 containers, out of a total of 100,000, from Turkey,...
Port of Sète-Frontignan invests in rail cargo transport
Sète, France (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The Mediterranean port of Sète-Frontignan is investing in rail cargo transport as part of its aim to...
DP World consolidates Eurofos terminal in Fos-sur-Mer, exits Le Havre
DP World Limited and Terminal Link SA, a joint venture 51% owned by CMA CGM and 49% owned by China Merchants Port, have today reached a conditional agreement...
France Relance: recovery plan for fishing ports and port companies
Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – Last year, the French government has announced its €100 billion “France Relance” recovery plan,...
France: Maritime freight transport in the fourth quarter of 2021 up +4.1%
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – In the fourth quarter of 2021, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports in mainland France was up...
France plans two Mediterranean wind farms
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 18, 2022 – French prime Minister, Jean Castex, has visited Port-La-Nouvelle and announced details about two new...
Port of Marseille signs agreement with fibre optic company Cinturion
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 2, 2022 – The Port of Marseille-Fos has signed a contract with Cinturion, a global supplier of fiber optic...
Speech by Greek Prime Minister on strengthening the country’s defense shield
Speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament in the context of the debate on strengthening the country’s defense shield – February...
France: the EIB joins the international effort for environmental-friendly ports
News Release – European Investment Bank (EIB) – February 11, 2022 Today, at the One Ocean Summit in Brest (France), a number of port authorities...
Ecoslops doubles revenue in 2021
Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – Ecoslops, which recycles oil residues, has reported revenue of €12.43 million ($13.9 million), up +116%...
Port of Ajaccio shows signs of recovery
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – In 2021, the Port of Ajaccio handled 269,000 passengers on regular lines (ferries), an...
Merger and strong recovery of activity: a founding year 2021 for HAROPA PORT
2021 was unprecedented for HAROPA PORT, with a growth in maritime traffic of 12% and for the first time, exceeds the 3 million TEUs – and strengthens its...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...
Port of Marseille invests €750 million in green hydrogen
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) and H2V Fos have signed an agreement to develop a...
Port of Marseille returns to growth
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – Le grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM) has reported total cargo of 75 million tons in 2021, up...