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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.

Nantes Saint-Nazaire port reports increased traffic in 2018

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – In 2018, the traffic of Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port amounted to 32.5 million tons, an increase of...

European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...

MSC floats out MSC Grandiosa ship at Saint-Nazaire port

Saint-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched the MSC Grandiosa ship at the French port...

Olivier Trétout joins the Grand Port Maritime Nantes Saint-Nazaire

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Olivier Trétout has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the Grand Port Maritime...

Sète port keeps developing its cruise offer

Sète, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Sète port expects to relaunch the cruise traffic in March, offering a number of excursions to passengers....

Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...

Marseille port to acquire buildings in Arenc district

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM – port of Marseille-Fos) will increase its presence in...

Portos de Galicia promotes its marinas at Salon Nautique International de Paris

Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Portos de Galicia is present at Salon Nautique International de Paris to promote its marinas and...

French Parliament delegation visits Suez Canal Authority

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has received a senior delegation from the National Defense Committee and the Armed Forces...

Costa Cruises to operate “slow cruises” from Toulon port

Toulon, France (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Italy’s Costa Cruises will renew its “slow cruises” from Toulon port in 2019. Two...

Moby Lines to halt Bastia-Nice line

Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Italian shipping company Moby Lines plans to cease the service between the ports of Nice and Bastia at the...

Gijón-Nantes MoS to be launched by 2021

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Gijón port expects the Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea (MoS) to be launched at the end of 2020 or...

STX France completes shipyard expansion in Saint-Nazaire

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – French shipbuilder STX France has completed a project for the expansion of the area dedicated...

Blue economy call 2018: EU supporting jobs and growth in the maritime economy

Blue economy call 2018: EU supporting jobs and growth in the maritime economy – November 22, 2018 Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and...

France calls for improved links with Irish ports

Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne has visited the Irish capital Dublin to discuss improving...

Port of Marseille Fos engaged in reducing ship emissions

Press Release – The port of Marseille Fos is engaged in reducing ship emissions – November 20, 2018 The port of Marseille Fos has set up a working...

Marseille Fos port launches public consultation for ZSP2 Project

Press Release – Marseille Fos – Port launches public consultation for ZSP2 Project – November 20, 2018 The Port of Marseille Fos has seen an...

Reference – CORE LNGas hive

November 19, 2018 CORE LNGas hive is a project selected by the European Commission to support clean power for transport. The aim of the project is to develop a...

Nestlé Waters to restart Vergèze (Gard) and Fos-sur-Mer port service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 17, 2018 – Nestlé Waters is restart the 100 km railway line between the Perrier factory in Vergèze (Gard,...

CMA CGM launches Morocco Reefer Tour”: CMA CGM

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The French shipping group CMA CGM Group has announced the inauguration today in Casablanca of its...

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