France
France is a country in Western Europe. The Mediterranean Sea coastline is known as the Côte d’Azur or French Riviera and is around 885 km long. The top seaport on the coastline is the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille. The Port of Marseille Fos is a multipurpose, multi-channel port with infrastructure to handle all types of traffic. Thanks to its geostrategic positioning, at the heart of the Euro-Mediterranean area, and its quadrimodality (road, rail, river and pipelines), it is positioned as one of Europe’s southern gateways. West of Marseille is the Port of Sète, and east of Marseille are a number of smaller ports focussed on tourism and yachting.
Den Hartogh, Metrocargo Italia transports tank containers between Italy and France
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Royal Den Hartogh Logistics, a leading logistics operator in the chemical industry, has contracted Metrocargo...
Samskip increases Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes
Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 30, 2023 – Samskip has increased its Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes. The comany has added...
France must have long-term plan for offshore wind farms – ports
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 30, 2023 – France must have a long-term plan for future offshore wind farms so that port infrastructure has time...
The French frigate FREMM FS Languedoc in the port of Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – As part of the strategic partnership between Greece and France in defence and security, the FS...
TotalEnergies, MSC Cruises complete bunkering at Marseille Fos
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and MSC Cruises have successfully completed the first liquefied natural gas...
CMA CGM in talks to buy Bolloré Logistics
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – The French logistics and shipping group CMA CGM is in exclusive talks to acquire Bolloré Logistics....
HAROPA PORT launches new Port Community System in Rouen
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – HAROPA PORT has developed and launched a new Port Community System (PCS), called DrakHAR. The solution...
SolarinBlue deploys the first floating solar units in the Mediterranean Sea
Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – The French company SolarinBlue has deployed the first floating solar units in the Mediterranean Sea. This...
French businessmen visit Port of València
València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 31, 2023 – A delegation of French businessmen has visited the Port of Valencia, an event organized by the...
Port of Marseille is looking for a damage insurer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The Port of Marseille has been operating without insurance for damage since January 1, 2023. Its...
French seaports see cargo traffic increase of over 5% in 2022
Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – In the fourth quarter of 2022, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports fell by 2.4% compared to the...
North Sea Port rail link takes containers and trailers off the roads
Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – A new service whereby trains run from Ghent port to Lyon in France three times a week. It will...
French shipper CMA CGM will take 12% stake in Brittany Ferries
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – The French shipowner CMA CGM is to take a 12% stake in Brittany Ferries, by converting a loan into...
CMA CGM Group to deploy €200 million to tackle decarbonisation
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The CMA CGM Group, Bpifrance and the Secretary of State for the Sea have announced that Bpifrance...
CMA CGM enters into exclusive discussions to acquire La Méridionale
The CMA CGM Group announces that it has entered into exclusive discussions with the STEF group to acquire 100% of La Méridionale, a maritime company for mixed...
HAROPA starts dockside electrification in Port of Rouen
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – The French HAROPA PORT group is starting a project to install dock electrification at its inland ports...
France’s Port-la-Nouvelle reports steady 2022 cargo traffic
Port-la-Nouvelle, France (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – In 2022, Port-la-Nouvelle in Southern France handled 1.53 million tonnes of cargo. This is a...