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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.

Modernisation of the port of Sète-Frontignan continues

Sète, France (Ports Europe) July 22, 2018 – On Friday, July 20, Region President Carole Delga visited the port of Sète to inaugurate new structural...

Marina Barcelona 92 acquires remaining 51% stake in Blohm+Voss La Ciotat

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Marina Barcelona 92 (MB92) has announced that following the approval from La Ciotat Shipyards (SEMIDEP),...

Sète port sees new facilities inaugurated

Sète, France (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Carole Delga, President of Région Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée and Jean-Claude Gayssot, President of...

EIB cooperates with China with new €500 million Silk Road Fund equity investment initiative

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – At the EU-China summit June 2, 2018, the European Investment Fund and the Silk Road Fund signed a...

Meeting minutes of the 3rd Chairs’ Meeting Of EU-China connectivity platform

Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 The 3rd Chairs’ Meeting of EU-China Connectivity Platform took place on 15 July in Beijing, China. The Chinese delegation was...

Jean-Claude Gayssot appointed president of Medlink Ports

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Members of the Medlink Ports association has elected Jean-Claude Gayssot, president of the board of...

Nantes Saint-Nazaire port increases road capacity

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The new Boulevard des Apprentis was inaugurated on July 6, a key step in the redevelopment of...

DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe

Press release: DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe, July 12, 2018 DocksTheFuture finished its first rounds of...

Authorities approve acquisition of 24.99% stake in CEVA by CMA CGM 

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM SA has received the green light from the required authorities for the...

Barge service between Marseille port and Lyons to increase frequency

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – From October 1, 2018, the container barge service between Fos and Lyon will operate five days a week. The...

MSC launches Bordeaux port rail service

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced the opening of a new freight rail service between...

MSC set to stop its Bordeaux stopover

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA will cease the Bordeaux port stopover on its feeder service from...

France’s Combipass presents offer at Bayonne port

Bayonne, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – French company Combipass Rental Intermodal Equipment has exhibited a sample of its extensive offer of...

The port of Marseille present at the Rencontres Economiques of Aix-en-Provence

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – For the second year in a row, the port of Marseille Fos has renewed its commitment to the Cercle des...

First general assembly of MEDPorts association takes place in Marseille

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos has hosted the first General Assembly of the MEDPorts association which now...

Marseille port discusses its environmental ship index awards

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The Grand Port of Marseilles (GPMM) has presented its ESI (Environmental ship index) awards. Set up by...

Reference – AEOLIX

 Reference –AEOLIX – Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange – June 27, 2018 Many logistics-related data stores, information channels,...

Marseilles city council rejects cruise passenger tax proposal

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Marseilles city council has rejected an amendment tabled by the socialist opposition demanding the...

Monaco Marine company to invest €50 million in Marseille port mega-yacht facility

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – The supervisory board of the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has approved the launch of a Monaco...

Event: Motorways of the Sea detailed implementation plan and MoS study presentation

Motorways of the Sea, June 21, 2018 The next MoS Conference on “The Motorways of the Sea Detailed Implementation Plan 2018 and the related Study on MoS...

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