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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.

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...

Bayonne port reverses downward cargo traffic trend in 2017

Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Bayonne port has managed to reverse the downward trend in its traffic figures. In 2017, it handled 1.26%...

European shipowners urge for certainty as soon as possible on EU/UK trade framework

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) has participated in the European...

Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...

International Fashion Centre MIF68 opens in Marseille

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The International Fashion Center MIF68 has been inaugurated in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille...

Algeciras port joins MedPorts Association

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – Marseille port hosted last week the MedPorts Forum in which the MedPorts Association, integrating 30 port...

Bordeaux port sells plot of industrial land

Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – The port of Bordeaux is selling a plot of industrial land at the Pauillac Terminal, in...

Koper port representative attends MEDPorts event in Marseille

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The third MEDPorts Forum took place in Marseille on February 7-8, 2018 and was attended by port of...

Port of La Rochelle launches a consultation on Port Horizon 2025 development project

La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – As part of its project “Port Horizon 2025”, Atlantic Port La Rochelle plans to carry...

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