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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.

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...

Bordeaux port increased cruise traffic in 2018

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Since the beginning of April 2018, there have been 44 cruise ship stopovers at Bordeaux port, and 58...

Med Europe Terminal secures labour agreement at reefer facility at Marseille port

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Med Europe Terminal has signed the Reefer Quality Charter with the port’s dockers’ union...

International Maritime Organization issues Port Emission Toolkit

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 News – International Maritime Organization (IMO) To reduce emissions across the maritime sector,...

Bastia hosts European BlueConnect project meeting

Bastia, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – A forum took place this week within the framework of the European BlueConnect project...

New manager of Bordeaux port rumoured

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – The Aquitaine port of Bordeaux has been going through a difficult time. Since July, MSC no longer uses...

Quechen Silicon Chemical finally sign Fos-sur-Mer new plant contract

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – After two years of negotiations, On October 18, Weidong Que, President of Quechen Silicon Co Ltd,...

Corsica, Sardinia join forces to entry MoS network

Olbia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Corsica and Sardinia have launched a challenge for entry into the Motorways of the Sea. But in the Olbia...

Increased opportunities for small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Press Release – European Commission – Increased opportunities for small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean and Black Sea October 15, 2018...

IGY Marinas plans Sète port yachting development for Orsetti basin

Sète, France (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – IGY Marinas, the U.S. marina developer, plans to start work early next year on a mega yacht development...

WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support Meeting on 3 October in Algiers,...

Marseille and Hamburg ports agree further cooperation – lowering emissions and digitalisation

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – A delegation including business people and politicians visited Hamburg last month to discuss...

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