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.
Sète port hosts the Union of Ports of France
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The board of directors of l’Union des Ports de France (UPF – Union of Ports of France) met June...
Marseille port organises forum on the theme of “Marseille and its port on the new Silk Road”.
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos organised May 31, 2018, 2018, a large forum on the theme of “Marseille...
Maersk Line launches a new direct service to the Middle East
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Christine Cabau Woehrel, President of the Management Board of the Port of Marseille Fos (GPMM) and...
EU to provide finance for two French inland river transport projects
European Commission, May 29, 2018 The European Commission has authorized, under EU state aid rules, the extension of two French aid schemes for river...
European Investment Bank supports Marseille port with financing
European Investment Bank – Press Release – May 28, 2018 The European Investment Bank (EIB), which is the Bank of the European Union, has today...
European Investment Bank to provide financing to Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €50m in financing to support development projects of...
AACN agency starts Marseille port competitor study
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – Association des agents et consignataires de navires de Marseille-Fos (AACN – Marseille-Fos...
Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, key partners for the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – For the Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM), the Maghreb is a leading partner with Algeria remaining...
France detains Bolloré on accusations of bribing African officials to get port concessions
Nanterre, France (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – Vincent Bolloré, the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré, was detained in Nanterre, on the...
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe, April 27, 2018 On 27 March, Commissioner Vella met with 20 leading companies operating...
Ljubljana Declaration: ESPO, together with more than 40 organisations, pleading for an increased CEF transport budget for the next MFF
Ljubljana Declaration: ESPO, together with more than 40 organisations, pleading for an increased CEF transport budget for the next MFF April 27, 2018 This...
Euromaritime, the Blue, maritime & waterway growth exhibition, will take place in Marseille in 2020.
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – Euromaritime, the blue, maritime & waterway growth exhibition, will take place in Marseille,...
TEN-T Days 2018: Connecting Europe with investment in innovative mobility solutions
From 25 – 27 April 2018 26 Ministers, 17 of which are from European Union Member States, and over 2,000 transport experts and decision-makers will join the...
Corsica Ferries opens line to Balearic Islands
Toulon, France (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Corsica Ferries its line from Toulon to Alcudia, a port in the north of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands,...
Monaco Marine opens Marseille shipyard
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 21, 2018 – Monaco Marine has welcomed its first customer at its new Marseille facility, which will operate as a...
Toulon meeting discusses telematization of Sardinian ports
Toulon, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority) is...
Costa Cruises and Marseille port sign sustainable development agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Costa Cruises and the Grand Port of Marseilles (GPMM) have signed a partnership agreement to pursue...