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.
France Relance: recovery plan for fishing ports and port companies
Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – Last year, the French government has announced its €100 billion “France Relance” recovery plan,...
France: Maritime freight transport in the fourth quarter of 2021 up +4.1%
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – In the fourth quarter of 2021, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports in mainland France was up...
France plans two Mediterranean wind farms
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 18, 2022 – French prime Minister, Jean Castex, has visited Port-La-Nouvelle and announced details about two new...
Port of Marseille signs agreement with fibre optic company Cinturion
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 2, 2022 – The Port of Marseille-Fos has signed a contract with Cinturion, a global supplier of fiber optic...
Speech by Greek Prime Minister on strengthening the country’s defense shield
Speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament in the context of the debate on strengthening the country’s defense shield – February...
France: the EIB joins the international effort for environmental-friendly ports
News Release – European Investment Bank (EIB) – February 11, 2022 Today, at the One Ocean Summit in Brest (France), a number of port authorities...
Ecoslops doubles revenue in 2021
Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – Ecoslops, which recycles oil residues, has reported revenue of €12.43 million ($13.9 million), up +116%...
Merger and strong recovery of activity: a founding year 2021 for HAROPA PORT
2021 was unprecedented for HAROPA PORT, with a growth in maritime traffic of 12% and for the first time, exceeds the 3 million TEUs – and strengthens its...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...
Port of Marseille invests €750 million in green hydrogen
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) and H2V Fos have signed an agreement to develop a...
Port of Marseille returns to growth
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – Le grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM) has reported total cargo of 75 million tons in 2021, up...
Titan LNG has won the tender for LNG delivery in the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax ferry
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 16, 2022 – The Dutch company Titan LNG has won the tender for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the...
Euromaritime, the trade fair dedicated to the maritime sector, takes place July 28-30, 2022 in Marseille.
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – Euromaritime, the trade fair dedicated to the maritime sector, has been postponed and will take place...
France: Maritime freight transport in the third quarter of 2021
In the third quarter of 2021, the traffic of goods passing through the main French ports in mainland France was up 0.6% compared to the previous quarter with a...
French minister visit Piraeus Port Authority
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, has visited Athens, Greece, to...
Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy meets the President of the French Senate
Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Mr. Costas Katsafadou with the President of the French Senate Mr. Gerard Larcher – December 14, 2021 The...
Vietnamese Ambassador to France visits Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Dinh Toan Thang, has visited the Provence-Alpes-Côte...