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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.

Port of Marseille signs agreement with fibre optic company Cinturion

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 2, 2022 – The Port of Marseille-Fos has signed a contract with Cinturion, a global supplier of fiber optic...

Rotterdam tops ranking of port carbon polluters

Transport & Environment – Press Release – February 2, 2022 The port of Rotterdam is associated with almost 14 million tonnes of CO2 each year,...

Ecoslops doubles revenue in 2021

Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – Ecoslops, which recycles oil residues, has reported revenue of €12.43 million ($13.9 million), up +116%...

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...

Port of Marseille invests €750 million in green hydrogen

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) and H2V Fos have signed an agreement to develop a...

Port of Marseille returns to growth

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – Le grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM) has reported total cargo of 75 million tons in 2021, up...

Titan LNG has won the tender for LNG delivery in the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax ferry

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 16, 2022 – The Dutch company Titan LNG has won the tender for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the...

Euromaritime, the trade fair dedicated to the maritime sector, takes place July 28-30, 2022 in Marseille.

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – Euromaritime, the trade fair dedicated to the maritime sector, has been postponed and will take place...

France: Maritime freight transport in the third quarter of 2021

In the third quarter of 2021, the traffic of goods passing through the main French ports in mainland France was up 0.6% compared to the previous quarter with a...

Vietnamese Ambassador to France visits Port of Marseille

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Dinh Toan Thang, has visited the Provence-Alpes-Côte...

CMA CGM to start Duisburg-Marseille intermodal rail service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – The French logistics group CMA CGM has announced a new block-train service between the inland port of...

When will the Marseille-Fos port properly utilize the Rhone river connection to Lyon?

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 9, 2021 – It looks like after decades of neglect, the idea to utilize the Rhone river connection between Lyon, the...

Yildirim considers CMA CGM share sale

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 6, 2021 – Last week, Lloyds List reported that Robert Yuksel Yildirim, President and CEO of Yildirim Group of...

Ecoslops announces unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30, 2021

Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces its unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30th,...

Brittany Ferries and CMA CGM form a partnership in passenger and freight transport

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Brittany Ferries, the largest ferry...

CMA CGM: Second quarter 2021 financial results: very strong operating and financial performance

Second quarter revenue totaled USD 12.4 billion, up 77.2% as compared to the second quarter of 2020, which was marked by the sharp slowdown in international...

Port of Marseille Fos sees cargo recover in first half 2021

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 30, 2021 – In the first six months of 2021, Port of Marseille Fos handled 38 million tonnes of cargo, up +13% on...

CMA CGM to launch a new Ro-Ro Short Sea Med service connecting Marseille & Barcelona with Casablanca

July 26, 2021 – Because BETTER WAYS are meant to be executed, CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launching of a new RORO Short Sea Med service,...

The Coalition for the Energy of the Future launches the feasibility study of its first major project and welcomes three new members

Launched in late 2019, the Coalition for the Energy of the Future aims at accelerating the development of future energies and technologies to sustain new green...

The Coalition for the Energy of the Future launches the feasibility study of its first major project and welcomes three new members

Launched in late 2019 initiated by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, the Coalition for the Energy of the Future aims at accelerating the...

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