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.
France announces €50m planned investment in ports and airports to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Paris, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Last week, Édouard Philippe, the French prime minister, has announced a €50 million investment to...
Christine Cabau-Woehrel to rejoin CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The French shipping group CMA CGM Group has announced that Christine Cabau-Woehrel, Présidente du...
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...
CMA CGM introduces new Mediterranean service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – CMA CGM Short Sea Lines Med has announced the introduction of a new Mediterranean service in which the...
Bayonne port starts dredging project
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Bayonne port has started new dredging of the access to the dock and the logistics area of Saint...
Marseille port’s cargo traffic rises 1% in 2018
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Preliminary figures show that in 2018, total cargo traffic at Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM)...
Adim and Vinci win J1 contract at Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – A consortium of Adim Provence (Vinci group), Vinci Construction, Reichen-Robert & Associés...
CMA CGM renews Ocean Alliance cooperation until 2027
Marseille, France – January 17, 2019 The CMA CGM Group, a leading global shipping group, has announced that Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive...
Sète port records fifth record year in 2018
Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – In 2018, total turnover of the port increased by 8% to €20.3 million ($23.13 million) , compared to...
Nantes Saint-Nazaire port reports increased traffic in 2018
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – In 2018, the traffic of Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port amounted to 32.5 million tons, an increase of...
European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...
MSC floats out MSC Grandiosa ship at Saint-Nazaire port
Saint-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched the MSC Grandiosa ship at the French port...
Olivier Trétout joins the Grand Port Maritime Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Olivier Trétout has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the Grand Port Maritime...
Sète port keeps developing its cruise offer
Sète, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Sète port expects to relaunch the cruise traffic in March, offering a number of excursions to passengers....
Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...
Marseille port to acquire buildings in Arenc district
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM – port of Marseille-Fos) will increase its presence in...
French Parliament delegation visits Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has received a senior delegation from the National Defense Committee and the Armed Forces...