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.
France: Total port cargo traffic – Q1 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de l’Écologie) has published cargo statistics for Q1...
French ports see static cargo traffic in Q1 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, cargo traffic passing through major commercial ports stood still at 71.5...
Company takes over Port of Bayonne
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – The Port of Bayonne has new governance and is now managed by Societe Portuaire Port de Bayonne (SPPB). The...
Strike action hits Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Yesterday, strike action started at the Port of Marseille. It is organised by Force Ouvrière...
French HAROPA Port with low carbon hydrogen facility
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – France’s HAROPA Port will soon have a facility to produce 350 megawatts (MW) per year of low-carbon hydrogen...
Port of Constanta sends delegation to Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – On June 24-25, a delegation from the Port of Constanta, Romania, visited the Port of Marseille in...
Dredging contract awarded for Port of Dinard, Brittany
Dinard, Brittany, France (Ports Europe) June 26, 2024 – The local municipal council has awarded a €2.56 million contract to Merceron TP for dredging at...
BATSO Project launched – maintenance of floating wind turbines
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – The BATSO project has been launched which will define and validate tools and methods for replacing major...
India to build its largest port for €8.5 bln
Vadhavan, India (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The construction of a new INR 762 billion (8.5 billion euro) deep-water port at Vadhavan on the western...
H2V, Hy2gen join forces to decarbonise aviation, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 14, 2024 – H2V, a specialist in the mass production of green hydrogen, and Hy2gen, a producer of sustainable fuels,...
French unions suspend strike action at ports
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) has suspended planned strike action against the...
Port of Marseille to gain cargo with Marcegaglia steel works
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The Italian Marcegaglia group is in the process of acquiring the former Ascometal steelworks in...
HAROPA PORT plans “greening of Paris river fleet”
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – HAROPA PORT has updated its contract with Vedettes de Paris to promote the greening of the Paris river...
Italian FSRU Toscana arrives in Marseille port for maintenance
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – The Italian FSRU Toscana vessel has arrived in the Port of Marseille. The ship is operated by OLT...
Boluda Towage acquires Les Abeilles International
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – Spain’s Boluda Towage has acquired maritime rescue company Les Abeilles International. The latter...
Marcegaglia Group to buy the Ascometal site in Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – The Chamber of Commerce of the Strasbourg Judicial Tribunal has ruled that the Marcegaglia Group can...
Green Bay – a new European port certification
Toulon, France (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIV) has launched a new environmental standard for certification...
Port of Marseille Fos signs agreement with Guangzhou port, China
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Last Friday, the Port of Marseille Fos signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese port of Guangzhou....
Authorities seize 406kg of cocaine in Bay of Biscay
Brest, France (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – During the night of May 23 to 24, an operation ordered by the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic seized 406 kg...
Entech to supply shore power connection to the Piriou group
Concarneau, France (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – Entech, a technology & renewable energy company, has signed a contract with the shipbuilding group...