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.
Port of Sete to house Nezzy2, a floating wind turbine prototype
Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Oenewable energy manufacturer Valeco has given the University of Montpellier a 1:10-scale prototype of a...
Dredging of La Rochelle port to be completed by May
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – Baars continues the dredging of the French Port Atlantique La Rochelle, part of its expansion...
Rhône Energies set to acquire the Esso Fos-sur-Mer Refinery
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – Rhône Energies has entered into exclusive negotiations with Exxon Mobil’s ESSO SAF to acquire...
Fire at Saipol warehouse in Port of Sète
Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Yesterday, a fire broke out in the biodiesel production unit at the Saipol factory in the Port of Sète....
France 2030: 13 winning projects for the maritime industrial sector
News Release – Secrétariat d’État chargé de la Mer et de la Biodiversité – March 29, 2024 Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological...
Kalmar supplies cranes to Med Europe Terminal, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Kalmar has signed an agreement with Med Europe Terminal for the delivery of six Kalmar hybrid straddle...
River access channel to Port 2000 gets green light
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – On March 29, the Administrative Court of Rouen rejected an application to suspend work on the river access...
COSCO SHIPPING calls at Eurofos, Marseilles
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING has started calls at the Eurofos terminal in Marseille as part of the AEM1, MD2 and MED 1...
Ports of Côtes-d’Armor are silting up, dredging required
Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – The Ports of Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, are silting up and a turnkey dredging solution is required....
EFIP members discuss developing inland ports
Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Today, EFIP members met in Paris for their annual General Assembly meeting. It was hosted by HAROPA PORT...
11 tonnes of cocaine seized by French Navy in the Gulf of Guinea
Brest, France (Ports Europe) March 24, 2024 – The French Navy intercepted a shipment of 10,693 kilograms of cocaine aboard a 20-meter-long Brazilian...
New large cocaine seizure in Le Havre port
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) March 23, 2024 – cocaine seizure in Le Havre, local media reported. The 2,440 packs of cocaine from Guadeloupe were hidden in...
Lhyfe receives grant for hydrogen production plant near Le Havre
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) March 19, 2024 – Lhyfe is set to receive a grant of up to €149 million to construct a green hydrogen production plant...
M&M opens an office near the port of Sète, France
Sète, France (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – M&M France has opened an office near the port of Sète, with the purpose of expanding business links...
One tonne of cocaine seized in Le Havre port
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – French customs seized more than 1,000 kg of cocaine in the country’s second-largest port of Le Havre...
Marine geothermal power plant heats and cools in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The marine geothermal power station Thassalia in the French Mediterranean Sea port of Marseille-Fos...
Port of Marseille & DEOS project – renewable energy
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – With the Offshore Wind Development (DEOS) project, the port of Marseille Fos aims to build and make...