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.
Over 9.3 tonnes of cocaine seized in Le Havre in Jan-Aug 2024
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – Over 9.3 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the French port of Le Havre in Normandy since the beginning of...
French Port of Caen to be dredged
Caen, France (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – The Saint-Pierre basin of the Port de Caen-Ouistreham is to be dredged and polluting sediment removed...
Tender issued for Sardinia-Corsica Ro-Pax service
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – A tender has been published for a maritime connection between Santa Teresa di Gallura...
Port of Villefranche-sur-Saône set for development
Lyons, France (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Managed by the Beaujolais Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Port of Villefranche-sur-Saône (Rhône)...
51 kg of cocaine seized in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – 51.8 kg of cocaine was discovered in a container at the French Grand Port Maritime of Marseille, the...
Port of Marseille Fos handled total cargo traffic of 34.8 Mt in H1 2024
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Marseille Fos handled total cargo traffic of 34.8 million tonnes...
HAROPA sees total cargo up over 8% in H1 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, HAROPA PORT’s total maritime cargo traffic was 41.95 million tonnes (Mt),...
Anti reservoirs protest blocked briefly La Pallice terminal of La Rochelle port
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) July 21, 2024 – Demonstrators who blocked the La Pallice agricultural export terminal of the French Port Atlantique La...
CMA CGM partners with Google for AI-based solutions
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM has signed a partnership with California-based Google (part...
Lhyfe has announced a partnership with Elyse Energy
Lyon, France (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Lhyfe has announced a partnership with Elyse Energy, a pioneer in the production of low-carbon molecules to...
Kelvin Hughes awarded Port of Marseille contract
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Kelvin Hughes has been awarded the contract for the second phase of a radar system installation by the...
HAROPA Le Havre receives new port crane
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The HAROPA cruise terminal in Le Havre has received a new port crane, part of the development of the...
Port of Marseille strike ends
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The strike that started on July 2 by maritime traffic controllers ended on July 5. Another labour action...
Slovenian delegation visits Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – A delegation of Slovenian companies has visited Marseille to promote mutual business development. The...
Workers support move to MSC from Wartsila in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – Most workers at the Wartsila plant in Trieste support a move to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A....
France: Total port cargo traffic – Q1 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de l’Écologie) has published cargo statistics for Q1...
French ports see static cargo traffic in Q1 2024
Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, cargo traffic passing through major commercial ports stood still at 71.5...
Company takes over Port of Bayonne
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – The Port of Bayonne has new governance and is now managed by Societe Portuaire Port de Bayonne (SPPB). The...
Strike action hits Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Yesterday, strike action started at the Port of Marseille. It is organised by Force Ouvrière...
French HAROPA Port with low carbon hydrogen facility
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – France’s HAROPA Port will soon have a facility to produce 350 megawatts (MW) per year of low-carbon hydrogen...