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Marseille

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.

Groupe Adeo to establish a new continental logistics platform in Marseille port

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – Groupe Adeo, a leading DIY and home improvement organisation, is to establish a new continental logistics...

La Ciotat Shipyards approves €70 million financing plan for new platform

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – The Board of Directors of La Ciotat Shipyards has approved a €70 million ($78.67 million) financing plan...

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,...

Ecoslops announces its results for the year ended December 31, 2018

Press Release – Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces its results for the year ended December 31, 2018, approved...

Ecoslops Full-Year 2018 results: strong growth in business; robustness of the company and its business model confirmed

Paris, April 4, 2019 – Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces its results for the year ended December 31, 2018,...

Bolloré in talks to sell subsidiary to Maritime Kuhn

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – French group Bolloré started negotiations with local company Maritime Kuhn to sell the port activities of...

CMA CGM to construct new office high-rise in Marseilles with Bouygues Immobilier

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – CMA CGM, the global French shipping group, has announced that it will work with Bouygues Immobilier to...

CMA CGM signs two strategic agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corporation

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping...

China’s Quechen signs a new agreement with Marseille Fos port

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – During the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to France, an agreement was signed between the...

Carbon4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery

Press Release – Marseille Fos – CARBON4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery – March 21, 2019 In a context of...

MGI and Marseille-Fos Port win the Digital Transformation Award with Ci5

On 13 March, MGI and the Marseille-Fos Port Authority (GPMM) received the award in the logistics category at the Digital Transformation Awards in Paris for the...

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...

La Ciotat Shipyards tenders premises in LCS Yachting Village

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – La Ciotat Shipyards has started the tendering process for the allocation of 19 premises within the LCS...

Jean-Pierre Chalus appointed General Delegate of the Union of Ports of France

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Jean-Pierre Chalus has been appointed Délégué Général (General Delegate) of L’Union des...

Marseille port develops maritime digital gateway

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – The port of Marseille-Fos has announced the construction of new subsea cable landing infrastructure...

Marseille port announces winners of Smartport Challenge

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM) has announced the winners of the Smartport Challenge have...

European Investment Bank loans Ecoslops up to €18M

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – The EU’s European Investment bank (EIB) is to load €18 million ($20.37 million) to the...

Marseille Fos and Strasbourg port authorities agree to develop multi modal links

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 6, 2019 – The Marseille Fos and Strasbourg port authorities have signed an agreement to strengthen the...

Italy’s Tarros includes Marseille port in GPS cargo service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Italian integrated logistics company Tarros SpA plans to include Marseille port in its GPS service,...

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