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.
Coalition for the energy of the future: 11 companies join to accelerate energy transition in transport & logistics
News Release – CMA CGM – Coalition for the energy of the future: 11 major international companies join forces to accelerate the energy transition...
Port of Sète is en route to becoming a smart port of the future
Following a call for tenders for upgrading its online Cargo Community System (CCS) launched in November 2019, the Port of Sète selected MGI’s Ci5 package...
France and Italy announce transport cooperation
10 points of convergence in Franco-Italian transport cooperation – June 16, 2020 Following the February 2020 intergovernmental summit in Naples, the...
Marseille port and SGMF promote LNG as ship fuel
With a second bunkering operation completed on 15 June, Marseille Fos demonstrates its commitment to liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its aim of achieving...
French ports handle disproportionately small cargo volumes compared to Italian and Spanish competitors
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – French ports lag significantly behind their Spanish and Italian counterparts in gross weight of seaborne goods...
CMA CGM – first quarter 2020 results – solid operating performance & resilient business activity
First Quarter 2020 Results – Marseille, June 5, 2020 Operating margin increase to 13.5% and positive net result of $48 million. Significant strengthening...
Consortium to build new Cap Janet passenger terminal in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 31, 2020 – Marseille port authority has selected four local companies to construct the new Terminal International du...
Bordeaux Informatique Portuaire+ renews collaboration with MGI by choosing Ci5
A continuity for the partnership between MGI and BIP+ and another step towards the future for the Bordeaux port community – May 26, 2020 Bordeaux...
Virtuo adds to logistics space in Distriport, Marseille
Virtuo and the Port of Marseille Fos have finalized the sale of two plots of land in the Distriport logistics zone near the container terminals for the...
Vigo port to restart Nantes-Saint Nazaire motorway of the sea service
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 22, 2020 – Following a two-month suspension due to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, the “Motorway of the Sea”...
Médiaco Vrac expands warehousing in Distriport, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – Médiaco Vrac, a logistics services company, is to construct 70,000 m² of logistics warehouses in...
Marseille port carries out first cruise LNG bunkering operation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – The port of Marseille Fos, Shell and Carnival have completed the first operation ship to ship liquified...
Marseille port is adapting to mitigate effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis
News – Port de Marseille Fos & l’Union Maritime et Fluviale de Marseille Fos – April 26, 2020 In a context of health crisis forcing more...
Some European governments plan cruise ship support
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2020 – The European countries of Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Norway have agreed...
Easing of procedures for the storage of goods – Marseille port
News – Port of Marseille Fos – April 10, 2020 During this period of health crisis, the Port of Marseille-Fos and the Union Maritime et Fluviale...
Coronavirus: EU guidance on repatriating cruise ship passengers and protecting ship crews
European Commission – Coronavirus: EU guidance on repatriating cruise ship passengers and protecting ship crews – April 8, 2020 From cruise ship...
European Commission: guidelines on health, travel arrangements and repatriation of persons on board ships – Q & A
Questions and Answers: European Commission presents guidelines on health, travel arrangements and repatriation of persons on board ships – April 8, 2020...
Analysis – COVID-19 does not seriously infect ports yet, but panicked politicians might contaminate their business
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – Italy, Spain, France – where the major Mediterranean ports are – have tens of thousands of cases...
Marseille Fos plays an essential role in the logistics chain
News Release – The port of Marseille Fos plays an essential role in the logistics chain – April 6, 2020 In a context of health crisis extended to a...
Armateurs de France calls on government to have marshall plan for shipping
News – Armateurs de France – April 6, 2020 Armateurs de France (French shipowners) is organizing a “paperless” General Assembly. The...