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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.

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...

CMA CGM starts offering container tracking service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – French company CMA CGM has started the commercialisation of an innovative solution for tracking containers...

Maersk inaugurates a new direct service between Fos and Canada

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – Maersk Line, a leading container company, will launch its new weekly “MMX” (Med/Montreal...

France Helvetia Express – the name of the new Marseille port-Haropa rail cargo service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – France Helvetia Express is the name of the cargo rail service linking the Grand Port of Marseille and...

EC includes Galician rail link into Aveiro port-France corridor

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The European Commission has approved the inclusion of the Galician rail link between A Coruña and Palencia in...

EU proposes new fund to invest in maritime economy and fishing communities

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Under the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €6.14 billion ($7.21...

Introduction of Vizzavona ship demonstrates success of Corsica Linea

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The private French shipping company Corsica Linea is to introduce the Vizzavona vessel, a mixed cargo...

First major forum on the new Silk Roads organized by the port of Marseille Fos

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos organized on May 31, 2018, a forum on the theme of “Marseille and its...

Moby Lines relaunches Nice-Bastia service

Nice, France (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – This summer, the Italian ferry company Moby Lines SpA will relaunch its new Nice-Bastia (Corsica) service. It...

Sète port hosts the Union of Ports of France

Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The board of directors of l’Union des Ports de France (UPF – Union of Ports of France) met June...

Marseille port organises forum on the theme of “Marseille and its port on the new Silk Road”.

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos organised May 31, 2018, 2018, a large forum on the theme of “Marseille...

Maersk Line launches a new direct service to the Middle East

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Christine Cabau Woehrel, President of the Management Board of the Port of Marseille Fos (GPMM) and...

EU to provide finance for two French inland river transport projects

European Commission, May 29, 2018 The European Commission has authorized, under EU state aid rules, the extension of two French aid schemes for river...

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