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Marseille is a Mediterranean seaport-city in Southeast France, on the Gulf of Lion (golfe du Lion): second largest city in the country and a major port; it is managed by Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-GPMM (Marseille Fos Port Authority). Marseille is the home of CMA CGM, a global container transport and logistics company.

Marseille looks to be first electric Mediterranean port

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) September 8, 2019 – Marseille Fos Port Authority plans to invest $22 million in its attempt to become the first fully...

CMA CGM produces solid Q2 2019 results

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) September 8, 2019 – CMA CGM, a global container shipping company, has published its Q2 2019 financial results. The report...

Marseille: City-port dialogue – start of participatory workshops

A dialogue process between Ville and the North Port north of Marseille has been initiated as part of the Ville-Port charter. The aim of the dialogue process...

Marseille Fos – Recycling project reveals energy potential from waste gas

September 2, 2019 A three-year research programme involving the Marseille Fos port authority and 12 partners has confirmed the commercial potential of...

Marseille Fos port appoints new Director of Development

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) August 4, 2019 – Christine Rosso has been head of the Port Development Department of Marseille Fos, effective July 15,...

Marseille port promotes environmental credentials

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – Marseille Fos has produced a detailed brochure which highlights the various actions being taken by the...

Marseille Fos works on shore electrification of ships of CTN

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France, was part of a joint...

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...

Searoutes launches eco-calculator CO2 emission prototype

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – French startup Searoutes, incubated in the ZEBOX acceleration program since January 2019, has designed a...

MGI creates the « MGI Lab », an innovation hub in Marseille

News Release – MGI creates the « MGI Lab », an innovation hub in Marseille – July 8, 2019 MGI is a recognised expert in Cargo Intelligent Systems...

Damietta port attends MEDports Forum in Marseille

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Tarek Shahin, Chairman of Damietta Port Authority (DPA), attended the General Assembly of the MEDports...

Marseille port pushes ahead with electricity supply to docked vessels

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Already effective on the quays of the Corsican ferries, the electrical connection of the ships to...

Marseille port adopts measures to reduce air pollution

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – Marseille port has introduced a series of measures prepared by the Port Authority and port pilots to reduce...

Marseille Fos completes test of Vasco2, a project to convert industrial fumes into biofuel

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – After three years of testing in a real environment in the heart of the industrial-port area of ​​Fos,...

Marseille Fos port renews UNCTAD agreement

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and...

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...

Ci5: the first Cargo Community System in the world to integrate Blockchain technology

News Release – Ci5: the first Cargo Community System in the world to integrate Blockchain technology – June 13, 2019 MGI worked with Thales to...

Marseille port part of Rhône-Saône-Méditerranée transport study

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – A new study has made it possible to estimate the development potential of river transport in the...

Maersk to enter Traxens’ capital

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – Maersk plans to join CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) as a key shareholder and customer...

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