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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.

Bordeaux port increased cruise traffic in 2018

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Since the beginning of April 2018, there have been 44 cruise ship stopovers at Bordeaux port, and 58...

Med Europe Terminal secures labour agreement at reefer facility at Marseille port

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Med Europe Terminal has signed the Reefer Quality Charter with the port’s dockers’ union...

International Maritime Organization issues Port Emission Toolkit

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 News – International Maritime Organization (IMO) To reduce emissions across the maritime sector,...

Bastia hosts European BlueConnect project meeting

Bastia, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – A forum took place this week within the framework of the European BlueConnect project...

New manager of Bordeaux port rumoured

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – The Aquitaine port of Bordeaux has been going through a difficult time. Since July, MSC no longer uses...

Quechen Silicon Chemical finally sign Fos-sur-Mer new plant contract

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – After two years of negotiations, On October 18, Weidong Que, President of Quechen Silicon Co Ltd,...

Corsica, Sardinia join forces to entry MoS network

Olbia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Corsica and Sardinia have launched a challenge for entry into the Motorways of the Sea. But in the Olbia...

IGY Marinas plans Sète port yachting development for Orsetti basin

Sète, France (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – IGY Marinas, the U.S. marina developer, plans to start work early next year on a mega yacht development...

WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support Meeting on 3 October in Algiers,...

Marseille and Hamburg ports agree further cooperation – lowering emissions and digitalisation

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – A delegation including business people and politicians visited Hamburg last month to discuss...

Marseille organisations launch The Smartport Challenge

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – Marseilles port (GPMM), Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence (CCIMP) and Aix-Marseille...

Barcelona port presents offer for French market in Toulouse

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – Barcelona port has recently held a meeting in Toulouse with freight forwarders and French international...

MEDIACO Vrac acquires Tier Port Services

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Mediaco Vrac, part of the Mediaco group, a port logistics company, has acquired Tier Port Services in...

Port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon to install the next-generation Cargo Community System, Ci5

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 Press Release – mgi, October 1, 2018 From 16 October, the port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon in...

Fos terminal, gateway to tropical fruits in Europe

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – With regular traffic growth of 7% per year, Fos and its container terminal is shipping more than...

Portos de Galicia attends Grand Pavois boat show in La Rochelle

La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Portos de Galicia has attended the Grand Pavois boat show in La Rochelle with the aim of promoting...

EU Research Report: Brexit – transport and tourism – the consequences of a no-deal scenario

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – The European Parliament Think Tank has published a report entitled: Research for TRAN Committee...

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