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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.

Marseille-HAROPA rail links to improve cargo transport times

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The concerted efforts of the two major French seaports have made it possible to achieve and implement...

Bordeaux increases contact with China in 2017

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – Firstly, in Canton (port twinned with Bordeaux Port Atlantique), the ports of Bordeaux and Nantes...

Event: International Forum of Mediterranean Ports of ELMED – December 1-2, 2017

Sète, France (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – The Port of Sète will host the International Forum of Mediterranean Ports of the ELMED (European...

ESA and CMA CGM offer new training certificate in Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in...

Edouard Philippe unveils government maritime policy to relaunch French ports

Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister, has detailed the government’s maritime policy to revive the...

Seatrade Europe continues to hold its position as a must-attend event for the industry

Hamburg, 8 September 2017 – Seatrade Europe, the leading trade event for the European cruise and river cruise industry – closed today (8 September...

MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...

CMA CGM adds Pecem port to SAFRAN service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – With the SAFRAN service, the CMA CGM Group will call at the port of Pecem, allowing  the company to...

Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...

MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...

Ferrol port to handle one of most ecological cruise ships globally

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – On November 9, Ferrol port will handle “Aida Prima”, one of the most ecological cruise ships in...

EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports

Brussels, Belgium EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports The European Commission has required Belgium and France...

CMA CGM, Seatrade sign ship-sharing deal

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – CMA CGM and Seatrade have announced a cooperation project through the signing of a ship-sharing agreement at...

Venice presents at annual convention of the Association Internationale Villes et Ports

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Port of Venice has presented its best practices concerning “open port” policies at the annual...

Las Palmas port takes part in annual Port Cities network meeting

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) took part in the annual meeting of The...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Alkion Terminals signs contract for LBC assets

Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Alkion Terminals and LBC Tank Terminals (LBC) have announced the signing of an agreement in which...

MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...

Bergé to handle 80% of car traffic at Santander port

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – Spanish company Bergé has become an almost monopolistic operator in the handling and management of vehicles...

Greece’s Neptune Lines starts operating at Santander port

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Greek shipping company Neptune Lines started operating at Santander port on April 3. The Greek company offers...

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