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.
CMA CGM Group Full Year 2019 results: good performance of the shipping segment
CMA CGM: further improvement in shipping profitability in the fourth quarter of 2019Cost reduction of USD 1.3 billion in the shipping segment in 2019, in line...
Traxens joins European DataPorts project
H2020 program will boost transition of European seaports from connected and digital to smart and cognitive – March 3, 2020 Traxens, a company that...
Marseille port publishes outlook for 2020
“2020 will be a year of transformation for the Port of Marseille Fos. A pivotal year with the adoption of the new strategic project that will set the...
Port of Marseille Fos confirms its cargo leadership in France in 2019
With a turnover of €169.5 million in 2019, the Port of Marseille Fos confirms its 6-year growth in turnover, with in particular a clear increase in its land...
Franco-Italian summit: governments give full support to Naval Group and Fincantieri cooperation
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – The port of Naples has hosted the XXXV Italian-French intergovernmental summit, where the governments...
Barcelona port improves transport links with Bayonne
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – At a Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bayonne meeting, Barcelona port has presented its services...
Marseille Fos, Costa Group, Pôle Mer Méditerranée join forces to develop and promote greener stop overs for cruise ships
A partnership agreement was signed today to enhance existing technological systems and explore all the possible solutions to improve the quality of the air...
Marseille port reports total cargo down 2% in 2019
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – Port de Marseille has reported that total cargo traffic in the port was 79 million tonnes, a 2% fall...
MGI, digital backbone for Smart Ports, will be attending SITL 2020
News Release – MGI – February 19, 2020 Today, MGI is announcing that it will be attending the Transport and Logistics Innovation Week (SITL). Join...
Elengy acquires Total’s shares in Fosmax
February 6, 2020 Elengy has just acquired Total’s shares in Fosmax LNG, the company that owns the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Fos Cavaou. Elengy...
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region announces support for Marseille port companies
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 9, 2020 – In a press release, Marseille Fos port has welcomed last week’s decision by Renaud Muselier,...
Bordeaux port, Storengy and Nexeya sign agreement to developing hydrogen sector
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 7, 2020 – Storengy, Nexeya and the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux have signed a memorandum of understanding...
Traxens joins French Smart Port in Med open innovation challenge
Project involves large groups, startups and SMEs; aims to experiment with new and innovative solutions in the shipping sector – February 5, 2020 Traxens,...
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine meets with French ambassador
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy meets with Ambassador of France to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsen – February 6, 2020 The Minister of...
Hutchison Ports BEST to set up intermodal service with Bayonne port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2020 – Hutchison Ports BEST subsidiary Synergy has signed a contract with Navarra-based GIMEX to establish an...
Ecoslops – 2019 turnover and significant events
News release – Ecoslops – January 30, 2020 Continuing the strong growth of previous years, 2019 has ended with further growth of 17% in activity,...
Elengy to continue operating the Fos Tonkin LNG terminal after 2020
Press Release – Elengy to continue operating the Fos Tonkin LNG terminal after 2020 – January 17, 2020 Following Elengy’s call for...
MSC Cruises & Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign contracts for construction LNG-powered MSC ships
MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign firm contracts for construction of third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships. Partnership further...
CMA CGM signs binding deal with China Merchants Port to sell ten port terminals to Terminal Link
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) December 23, 2019 – CMA CGM Group, a global shipping and logistics group, has announced that it has signed an agreement...
Bournemouth University launches SPEED, part of a European funded Interreg 2 Seas project
Bournemouth University is using Wazoku’s idea management platform, Idea Spotlight, to power the stakeholder engagement in the SPEED project, a major...