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.
CMA CGM: Second quarter 2021 financial results: very strong operating and financial performance
Second quarter revenue totaled USD 12.4 billion, up 77.2% as compared to the second quarter of 2020, which was marked by the sharp slowdown in international...
Port of Marseille Fos sees cargo recover in first half 2021
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 30, 2021 – In the first six months of 2021, Port of Marseille Fos handled 38 million tonnes of cargo, up +13% on...
CMA CGM to launch a new Ro-Ro Short Sea Med service connecting Marseille & Barcelona with Casablanca
July 26, 2021 – Because BETTER WAYS are meant to be executed, CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launching of a new RORO Short Sea Med service,...
Energy transition in shipping: First BioLNG production project at a French port
EveRé, operator of the multi-process household waste treatment plant commissioned by Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in...
Bolloré Logistics occupies new space in Marseille Fos
Bolloré Logistics continues to invest in France to improve its logistics and commercial buildings and has announced plans to move its employees at the...
Swissterminal Group begins operations in France
Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 30 June 2021: Swissterminal AG will officially take over the operation of three inland ports in the Alsace region – Ottmarsheim,...
HAROPA PORT unites with Northern Range ports to reduce ship emissions at berth
On June 21, 2021, the ports of Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and HAROPA PORT signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will set out their common...
Interview of Greek Prime Minister in the French newspaper Le Figaro
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to the French newspaper “Le Figaro” and the journalist Alexia Kefalas – June 14, 2021...
CNES and CMA CGM sign partnership agreement for solutions for shipping, logistics and the space industry
Meeting at the Toulouse Space Centre on Thursday 10 June, CNES Chairman & CEO Philippe Baptiste and Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman & CEO of the CMA CGM...
Joint statement by French Prime Minister and the head of the Tunisian government
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – French Prime Minister Jean Castex was in Tunis on June 2 and 3, 2021, for the third Franco-Tunisian High...
Tunisia and France sign maritime agreement
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – During the visit of French Prime Minister Jean Castex to Tunisia, the two countries signed several...
Marseille-Fos launches the third season of the Smart Port Challenge
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – The port of Marseille-Fos has unveiled the nine challenges of its digital and ecological innovation...
French ports ready to welcome cruise ships from June 30, Costa and MSC sailing from Marseille July 4
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 8, 2021 – Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has said that France will resume cruise ship visits...
CMA CGM – First quarter of 2021 financial results – Sustained strong operating and financial performance
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – CMA CGM Group, the French shipping and logistic group, has reviewed the financial statements for the...
HAROPA PORT appoints Goodman to develop a unique multimodal logistics platform at the Port of Gennevilliers
HAROPA PORT creates major river and sea port on Seine Axis and appoints Goodman to develop a unique multimodal logistics platform at the Port of Gennevilliers,...
French minister visits Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of an official visit to Slovenia, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister of Transport, has visited...
DP World expands European inland network through Swissterminal tender success to operate three Alsace ports
DP World has significantly expanded its European inland network, adding three key ports in the Alsace region through its affiliate company, Swissterminal...
Total realizes France’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, after inaugural loading at Dunkirk LNG terminal
Dunkirk, May 3, 2021 – Total has realized the first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in France. The world’s...
CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels
April 30, 2021 The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) Group an order for: 6...
CMA CGM most likely to rebuild Beirut port in a project worth €600 million – German multi-billion euro project rejected
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – The over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction span of two German companies for the...