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.
Med ports unite on southern gateway alternative
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 25, 2017 – Ports from around the Mediterranean coast have agreed to form a specific organisation to promote the...
Medlink ports establishes its status as the southern corridor to Europe
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 21, 217 – At the general meeting held on 31 January at the port of Marseilles Fos head office, the members of...
EKOL launches regular line linking Izmir to Paris via Sète port
Sète, France (PortSEurope) February 21, 2017 – Turkish company EKOL has started operating a regular line connecting the Izmir port to France’s...
CMA CGM and Alibaba sign digitial cooperation agreement
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 14, 2017 – CMA CGM and Alibaba OneTouch today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to seek cooperation...
BMP to build warehouse at Bayonne port
Bayonne, France (PortSEurope) February 15, 2017 – Bayonne port keeps receiving more and more larger ships. This requires port operators to undertake...
CMA CGM upgrades northern Europe and eastern Mediterranean Sea service
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new upgraded service offer NC...
Bordeaux port launches “Gironde XL” development plan
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) February 13, 2017 – Bordeaux port has launched its “Gironde XL” development plan, designed to increase the...
France’s CMA CGM names CEO
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 9, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has appointed Rodolphe Saade, the son of the company’s president,...
Europe Technologies and Chantier Naval de Marseille sign MOU
Paris, France (PortSEurope) February 10, 2017 – During the Euromaritime event in Paris, Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNM) signed a MOU with Europe...
DP World reports 3.2% volume growth in 2016 and 6.0% volume growth in 4Q2016
Dubai, UAE (PortSEurope) February 7, 2017 – DP World Limited handled 63.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of...
Algeria’s ENTMV to launch Mostaganem-Barcelona service
Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) February 6, 2017 – State-owned ferry company Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) is to...
OTC presents Propriano port plans
Propriano, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) February 2, 2017 – Ean-Félix Acquaviva, the president of l’Office des transports de la Corse (the...
EU approves dismantling of ships at Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) February 2, 2017 – Bordeaux port has received an approval by the European Union for the dismantling of ships. The site for...
French environmental organisation calls for rapid introduction of LNG as marine fuel
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 30, 2017 – Presenting new elements of its survey on air pollution from maritime transport, France Nature...
Marseille port introduces system for power delivery to ferry ships
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 30, 2017 – An electrical connection system for ferries, which allows ships to be powered when they are docked...
Marseille port to open ship repair dock in April
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 26, 2017 – Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM)’s new ship repair dock number 10 at Marseille port will be...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the latest...