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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.

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  –...

Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...

Algeciras port participates in different forums on railway corridors

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – Next week, Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras)...

MEDIACO Vrac acquires Tier Port Services

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Mediaco Vrac, part of the Mediaco group, a port logistics company, has acquired Tier Port Services in...

Port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon to install the next-generation Cargo Community System, Ci5

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 Press Release – mgi, October 1, 2018 From 16 October, the port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon in...

Marseille port and Naviland Cargo set to launch Swiss rail connection

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The HAROPA ports and Marseille Fos are set to launch the “France-Helvetia” rail project on...

Bordeaux port needs new management model to avoid total decline

Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Is Bordeaux port, offering some 8,000 jobs and generating an economic activity of about €3 billion ($3.4...

MSC launches Bordeaux port rail service

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced the opening of a new freight rail service between...

France Helvetia Express – the name of the new Marseille port-Haropa rail cargo service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – France Helvetia Express is the name of the cargo rail service linking the Grand Port of Marseille and...

AACN agency starts Marseille port competitor study

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – Association des agents et consignataires de navires de Marseille-Fos (AACN – Marseille-Fos...

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

Three Spanish ports among top 10 in Europe in container traffic

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The container traffic of the 15 biggest ports of Europe registered an average growth of 4.2% in 2017,...

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 to start operating its first direct link to Australia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – A new weekly service operated by France’s CMA CGM and German Hapag Lloyd AG will be handled at the...

CMA CGM introduces improvements of service to West Africa via Algeciras

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM has announced the introduction of improvements in its EURAF 5 service,...

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...

Boluda Lines expands services connecting Spain to Northern Europe

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Boluda Lines has expanded its logistics services for transporting goods from ports in Spain and Portugal...

Hapag-Lloyd includes Algeciras port in EAX service

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced an update in its service Europe Australia Express (EAX)...

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