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.
Saint-Nazaire port mulls installation of cruise floating dock
Nantes.Saint-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Saint-Nazaire port is considering the installation of a floating dock to serve larger cruise...
Marseille port to hit its cruise passenger traffic target ahead of schedule
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Marseille Provence Cruise Club is expected to reach its target of 2 million passengers handled annually...
Bordeaux port needs new management model to avoid total decline
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Is Bordeaux port, offering some 8,000 jobs and generating an economic activity of about €3 billion ($3.4...
France deems unacceptable EU Commission’s post-Brexit port plan
Calais, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – France has deemed unacceptable the European Commission’s proposal to exclude French ports from a...
Ekol starts regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio and Sète ports
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Ekol, the Turkish logistics company, is to begin a regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio port, Greece,...
Port of Bordeaux authorized to exploit the tools of Bassens
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The Grand Maritime Port of Bordeaux (GPMB) has been authorized to exploit the tools of the sites of the...
Transfesa applies for launch of freight rail line linking Valencia port to France
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Spanish logistics and freight company Transfesa, in alliance with Valencia port...
Positive 2017 balance sheet for the port of Sète Sud de France
Sète, France (Ports Europe) July 22, 2018 – The port of Sète Sud de France recorded turnover of €18.8 million ($22.05 million) in 2017, up 4% on...
Local politician raises issue of MSC leaving Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – During the local government question session, politician Nathalie Delattre alerted the Minister of...
Modernisation of the port of Sète-Frontignan continues
Sète, France (Ports Europe) July 22, 2018 – On Friday, July 20, Region President Carole Delga visited the port of Sète to inaugurate new structural...
Marina Barcelona 92 acquires remaining 51% stake in Blohm+Voss La Ciotat
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Marina Barcelona 92 (MB92) has announced that following the approval from La Ciotat Shipyards (SEMIDEP),...
Sète port sees new facilities inaugurated
Sète, France (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Carole Delga, President of Région Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée and Jean-Claude Gayssot, President of...
EIB cooperates with China with new €500 million Silk Road Fund equity investment initiative
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – At the EU-China summit June 2, 2018, the European Investment Fund and the Silk Road Fund signed a...
Meeting minutes of the 3rd Chairs’ Meeting Of EU-China connectivity platform
Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 The 3rd Chairs’ Meeting of EU-China Connectivity Platform took place on 15 July in Beijing, China. The Chinese delegation was...
Jean-Claude Gayssot appointed president of Medlink Ports
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Members of the Medlink Ports association has elected Jean-Claude Gayssot, president of the board of...
Nantes Saint-Nazaire port increases road capacity
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The new Boulevard des Apprentis was inaugurated on July 6, a key step in the redevelopment of...
Authorities approve acquisition of 24.99% stake in CEVA by CMA CGM
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM SA has received the green light from the required authorities for the...