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Le Havre

The Port of Le Havre, located in Normandy, France, is one of Europe’s largest and busiest seaports. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage, and the largest container port, with three sets of terminals. It can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners. The Port of Le Havre is managed by a state agency called Grand Port Maritime du Havre which is part of HAROPA PORTS.

SCH Secures Southampton Agreement With Neptune Lines To Handle European Ro-Ro Service

News – SCH Secures Southampton Agreement With Neptune Lines To Handle European Ro-Ro Service – August 8, 2019 Leading terminal operator SCH...

Medlink sees growth in inland transport of dangerous goods

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Medlink Safe has recorded growth of +67% in 2018 and today, with the arrival of XPO Logistics and LPO...

Ranking – Top cargo ports in the Europe 2016-2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, has published statistics for the top cargo ports in Europe for...

Marseille port gives ESI Awards to environmental shippers

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Hervé Martel, President of the Executive Board of the Port of Marseille...

Genoa port hosts Shenzen port promotion

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

Marseille Fos port names executive and supervisory board members

May 6, 2019 – Port de Marseille Fos Former port of Le Havre managing director Hervé Martel has started work as interim managing director of the...

Marseille port’s new president takes office

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – The former director of the port of Le Havre Hervé Martel took office as president of Marseille port,...

Montenegro’s Bar port operator sees €22.1 million loss in 2018, seeks investment

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Montenegrin port operator Luka Bar recorded a €22.1 million ($24.7 million) loss in 2018, due to the...

Croatia and China sign bilateral agreements, issue joint Silk Road statement

Zagreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang have issued a joint...

Analysis – China and Italy sign new Silk Road agreement – the aftermath

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – A total of 19 institutional agreements and 10 commercial agreements were signed during the state visit of...

Is Malta missing out on the new Silk Road?

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – After the Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste joint the China’s new Silk Road project, the attention...

Nantes port to improve links with hinterland

Nantes, France (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – The European Commission has included the Nantes Saint-Nazaire port in the list of major European Union...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France this week

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – President Xi Jinping of China is to pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21-26, 2019....

MEPs approve agreement on TEN-T realignment: ensuring Ireland’s connectivity if no-deal Brexit occurs

Brussels, March 4, 2019 – The members of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee on 04 March unanimously supported a provisional agreement to...

China considers a new Silk Road role for Italy’s Palermo port

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Italy March 22-23, and after Rome will visit...

MSC to update service linking Mediterranean to Australia

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to update its service between Australia, the Indian...

Kalmar to supply port equipment to DP World Marseille Fos facility

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Cargotec has reported that its subsidiary Kalmar will supply 20 Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers to...

Huelva port participates in European Atlantic Corridor working group meeting

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Huelva port participated this week as a new member in the Working Group of Ports and Multimodal...

COSCO signs agreement with another Mediterranean port

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – As well as high profile contracts to manage entire ports and port terminals around the Mediterranean...

Brexit preparedness: provisional agreement on realigning North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor and investing in the adaptation of transport infrastructure for security and border checks

European Commission – Press Release – February 8, 2019 The European Parliament and the Council on the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor  –...

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