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.
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...
European Commission and EIB unlock €8 billion in finance for 100,000 SMEs
Coronavirus: Commission and European Investment Fund (part of European Investment Bank Group) unlock €8 billion in finance for 100,000 small and medium-sized...
European Commission’s positive responses in support of fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Didier Guillaume, Minister of Agriculture and Food of France, would like to thank the European Commission for its positive responses in support of the...
Coronavirus: Italy, Germany, France and Spain appeal for immediate EU intervention in transport
Ministers Paola De Micheli, José Luis Ábalos Meco, Andreas Scheuer and Jean-Baptiste Djebbari have signed a joint letter to the Commissioner for Transport,...
Revival of river activity – port of Marseille Fos
Fluvial activity of the Port of Marseille Fos was relaunched on Saturday March 28, 2020 following the return to service of the lock of Sablons on the Rhône by...
Ecoslops publishes results for 2019
Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces the results for the financial year-end – March 30, 2020 With a turnover of...
CMA CGM completes first transaction relating to sale of eight port terminals to Terminal Link for $815 million
CMA CGM completes a first transaction relating to the sale of eight port terminals to Terminal Link for $815 million in cash – March 26, 2020 The CMA CGM...
Analysis – Cruise ships businesses face hard challenges. COVID-19 takes business “offline”
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced it is to extend the suspension of cruise sailings of its...
FEPORT calls for EU to support private ports
FEPORT welcomes the reactivity of the EU Commission and calls on Member States to mobilize appropriate support for all critical infrastructures – March...
EU authorises the sale to Terminal Link shares of CMA CGM in port terminals
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 21, 2020 – The European Commission has approved the transaction whereby the French shipowning group CMA CGM...
Bordeaux Port: business continuity plan in place
A mode of operation of the port and port services adapted to the crisis situation is now ensured – March 18, 2020 At this stage, operations are...
Marseille Fos port assures entire port community of its full commitment at this difficult time.
The port of Marseille Fos would like to assure the entire port community if its full commitment to them at this difficult time – March 18, 2020 The...
ESPO calls for EU to keep goods moving
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 18, 2020 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called on the European Commission to implement plans to...