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.
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,...
Marseille port reports increased 2017 traffic
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – With a growth of 8% (excluding liquid bulk), the port of Marseille Fos has confirmed its winning...
Bayonne port handles one of its largest ships ever
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – “African Magnolia”, one of the largest vessels that has visited the port of Bayonne, unloaded...
Sète port residents question need for new marina
Sète, France (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – The local collective “Une marina pour qui? Pour quoi?” (A marina for whom? For what?) of has...
FlexiLoire inland river service starts between Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne
Nantes-St.Nazaire (France) January 18, 2018 – FlexiLoire, a new fluvial connection for the transport of heavy goods, containers and various freight...
La Rochelle sees reduces cargo numbers in 2017
La Rochelle, France (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Port traffic in 2017 was marked by another significant decrease, largely due to the 2016 cereal...
China’s Quechen Silicon Chemical to build facility in Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – An agreement has been signed to start final negotiations for China’s Quechen Silicon Chemical...
Societe Generale joins SEA/LNG coalition
Paris, France (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Societe Generale becomes first financial institution to join growing SEA/LNG coalition, brings ...
EuroFos breaks a new traffic record with more than 770,000 containers TEUs handled in 2017
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – For the 4th year in a row, PortSynergy-EuroFos broke a new traffic record with more than 770,000...