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.
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...
Bordeaux port launches Powerport box
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Bordeaux Port Atlantique has announced the launch of its mobile power supply module, the PowerPort...
Barcelona port attends the MEDports Forum 2018 in Marseille
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona participated in the Forum of Ports of the Mediterranean, the MEDports Forum...
MEDports: Port authorities join to enhance the international visibility of Mediterranean basin
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – The launching ceremony of the MEDports association allowed all the representatives of the ports on...
CMA CGM presents solution for transport of liquids at controlled temperature
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of its Reeflex system for the transport of liquids...
Michelin decisive in Quechen Silicon decision to set up plant in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – In January 2018, an agreement was signed to start final negotiations for China’s Quechen Silicon...
Corsica Linea to use onshore power supply in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Corsica Linea (Corsica Lines ferry company) has announced that three ships in its fleet will use a...
Bordeaux port produces a positive response to adverse conditions
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – For the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Grand Maritime Port of Bordeaux (GPMB), Pascal...
Fincantieri purchases TSX France for €59.7 million
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., via subsidiary Fincantieri Europe S.p.A., has signed the share purchase agreement...
Marseille port produces improved 2017 traffic statistics
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Thanks to a 2017 year marked by new projects and an increase in all traffic of 8% excluding...
Marseille port plans for 1.75 million cruise passengers in 2018
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 3, 2018 – After a disappointing year 2017, marked by a decline of 7% in cruise trade, the President of the...
Joseph Paris awarded Toulon contract
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Nantes-based Joseph Paris has received a contract from the naval base in Toulon for two...
CMA CGM creates Ze Box, its first international startup incubator based in Marseilles
Marseille, France, January 30, 2018 The French global shipping group CMA CGM has announced the creation of Ze Box, its first international startup incubator,...