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.
Port de Sète, P&O Ports eye long-term concession
Sete, France (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The French port of Sète and P&O (previously Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) Ports, a...
BlueConnect is now online, and includes ports in France and Italy
Nice, France (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – BlueConnect, the port observation platform, is now online, and includes 295 ports in Var, Alpes Maritimes,...
Port of Sète and P&O Ports to relaunch container activity
Sète, France (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Port of Sète has announced that the P&O Ports group has been chosen to manage and develop the...
Anti-GMO activists block east entrance to French port of Sète
Sète, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – On July 10, some 80 anti-GMO (genetically modified organism) activists blocked the east entrance to the Port of...
Port of Marseille Fos traffic 2% up in H1 2017
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Overall traffic of the port of Marseille Fos in the first half of 2017 shows an increase of 2% compared...
Port of Marseille Fos is a partner of the 17th Economic Forum of Aix-en-Provence
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – French maritime port Marseille Fos is a partner in the 17th Economic Forum of Aix-en-Provence, taking place...
More than 29,000 passengers arrive in Oran in Q1, 2017
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 –29,146 passengers arrived in the Algerian port of Oran from Spanish and French ports and further 21,069 passengers...
Corsica to create a regional shipping company
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...
Chinese Quechen may set up a plant in French Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Chinese industrial group Quechen Silicon Chemical Co Ltd., the world’s third largest silica producing...
Mayor of Shanghai visits the CMA CGM tower in Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Group, has received today, Yong Ying, Mayor of...
Ecoslops announces doubling of production and second innovative technology
Paris, France (PortSEurope), July 4, 2017 – Ecoslops, an innovative technology company that upgrades ship-generated hydrocarbon residues into valuable new...
Marseille to host data and co-location centre
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The World War Two German submarine base Martha at Cap Janet in Marseille will soon host a new data and...
Extension of the wave breaker at Marseille Fos to be completed by August 2017
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – If weather conditions are favourable, the extension of the sea wave breaker (jetty) at French port...
Marseille wants to be part of France’s candidature to host the World Exhibition in 2025
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The city of Marseille and the Port of Marseille Fos will support on July 11 France’s candidature to...
CMA CGM announces new strategy and introduces new logo
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Yesterday, June 28, 2017, the French CMA CGM Group unveiled its new strategy and image. 2017 has been a...
Daily rail freight connection Marseille Fos-Geneva opens officially
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The daily rail freight connection between French port of Marseille Fos and Geneva, Switzerland, has been...
Corsica Linea prospers with Marseille connections
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – Twelve months ago, Corsica Linea took up the challenge of crossing the Mediterranean with precise...