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.
Swissterminal Group begins operations in France
Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 30 June 2021: Swissterminal AG will officially take over the operation of three inland ports in the Alsace region – Ottmarsheim,...
HAROPA PORT unites with Northern Range ports to reduce ship emissions at berth
On June 21, 2021, the ports of Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and HAROPA PORT signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will set out their common...
Interview of Greek Prime Minister in the French newspaper Le Figaro
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to the French newspaper “Le Figaro” and the journalist Alexia Kefalas – June 14, 2021...
CNES and CMA CGM sign partnership agreement for solutions for shipping, logistics and the space industry
Meeting at the Toulouse Space Centre on Thursday 10 June, CNES Chairman & CEO Philippe Baptiste and Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman & CEO of the CMA CGM...
Joint statement by French Prime Minister and the head of the Tunisian government
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – French Prime Minister Jean Castex was in Tunis on June 2 and 3, 2021, for the third Franco-Tunisian High...
Tunisia and France sign maritime agreement
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – During the visit of French Prime Minister Jean Castex to Tunisia, the two countries signed several...
Marseille-Fos launches the third season of the Smart Port Challenge
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – The port of Marseille-Fos has unveiled the nine challenges of its digital and ecological innovation...
French ports ready to welcome cruise ships from June 30, Costa and MSC sailing from Marseille July 4
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 8, 2021 – Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has said that France will resume cruise ship visits...
CMA CGM – First quarter of 2021 financial results – Sustained strong operating and financial performance
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – CMA CGM Group, the French shipping and logistic group, has reviewed the financial statements for the...
HAROPA PORT appoints Goodman to develop a unique multimodal logistics platform at the Port of Gennevilliers
HAROPA PORT creates major river and sea port on Seine Axis and appoints Goodman to develop a unique multimodal logistics platform at the Port of Gennevilliers,...
French minister visits Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of an official visit to Slovenia, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister of Transport, has visited...
DP World expands European inland network through Swissterminal tender success to operate three Alsace ports
DP World has significantly expanded its European inland network, adding three key ports in the Alsace region through its affiliate company, Swissterminal...
Total realizes France’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, after inaugural loading at Dunkirk LNG terminal
Dunkirk, May 3, 2021 – Total has realized the first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in France. The world’s...
CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels
April 30, 2021 The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) Group an order for: 6...
CMA CGM most likely to rebuild Beirut port in a project worth €600 million – German multi-billion euro project rejected
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – The over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction span of two German companies for the...
CMA CGM launches the first low-carbon shipping offer by choosing biomethane
April 8, 2021 With biomethane, a non-fossil energy, CMA CGM provides customers with a new and immediately available solution, bringing the Group a step...
Analysis – Could French and German plans to rebuild Beirut port be combined?
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – An ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction period by two German companies wants to...
CMA CGM interested in the reconstruction of Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Joe Dakkak, general manager, CMA CGM Lebanon, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, director in charge of...
A first in France: LNG transported by rail from the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal
Elengy has reached a milestone at one of its LNG terminals: for the first time in France, an ISO-container loaded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at...
Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the UAE & Kuwait?
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...