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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.

Baleària encouraged to restart Gijón-Saint Nazaire motorway of the sea

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. shipping line has been encouraged to resume the motorway of the...

Maersk Line online platform rolled out to China-based customers in Ningbo, Qingdao and Shanghai exporting to Mediterranean ports

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – Maersk Line is to expand its online platform ship.maerskline.com to cover more major trades, covering...

Sète port launches public e-platform for new yachting project

Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – Sète port has launched a e-platform for local residents to learn and comment on the proposed project to...

Stéphan Snijders succeeds Hervé Balldur as President of Via Marseille Fos

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Via Marseille Fos (VMF) held on Thursday, March 29, appointed Stéphan...

Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...

Marseille port is partner of the first edition of “Shipping Day”

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos is partner of the first edition of the “Shipping Day”, the...

Marseille port receives a delegation from MEDEF Lyon-Rhône Port

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – President of the Executive Board of Marseille Fos port, Christine Cabau Woehrel, has received a...

Corsica Ferries launches Toulon-Mallorca route

Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Italian company Corsica Ferries has launched a Toulon-Mallorca route, as part of its strategy to gain ground...

Gramas seabed project presented at Piombino port

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The European Union Gramas project was presented at Piombino port. The project involves the underwater...

Western Mediterranean: a management plan to fortify the fishing sector of the region

European Commission – Press Release – March 8, 2018 Brussels A multi-annual plan to bring more stability, transparency and sustainability to...

Bordeaux port named international ship recycling site authorised by the EU

Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In January 2018, the European Union has published a list of international ship recycling sites authorised...

Marseille port delegation to attend SITL Europe 2018 logistics exhibition

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Via Marseille Fos, the association promoting the port of Marseille Fos and its professionals, will...

STM Entreprise to manage Marseille port border inspection point

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – STM Entreprise, a company created by the union of the Marseille freight forwarders, is now manager of...

CPMR regions to provide input into revision EU Directive on port reception facilities for delivery of ship waste

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’s (CPMR) member regions are being invited to...

Atlantic Arc Commissions hub meetings prepare for post-Brexit period

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) held its...

Intermediterranean Commission regions strengthen their alliance for sustainable development

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Intermediterranean Commission...

EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...

EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion

European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...

Bastia hosts Go SMarT Med event

Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – The French Corsican port of Bastia is seeking to promote itself via participation in the...

A new shipping line linking Oran to Barcelona has started

Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – L’Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) has started a new passenger and...

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