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Le Havre

The Port of Le Havre, located in Normandy, France, is one of Europe’s largest and busiest seaports. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage, and the largest container port, with three sets of terminals. It can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners. The Port of Le Havre is managed by a state agency called Grand Port Maritime du Havre which is part of HAROPA PORTS.

MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...

Ferrol port to handle one of most ecological cruise ships globally

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – On November 9, Ferrol port will handle “Aida Prima”, one of the most ecological cruise ships in...

EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports

Brussels, Belgium EU Commission requires Belgium and France to put an end to tax exemptions for ports The European Commission has required Belgium and France...

CMA CGM, Seatrade sign ship-sharing deal

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – CMA CGM and Seatrade have announced a cooperation project through the signing of a ship-sharing agreement at...

Venice presents at annual convention of the Association Internationale Villes et Ports

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Port of Venice has presented its best practices concerning “open port” policies at the annual...

Las Palmas port takes part in annual Port Cities network meeting

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) took part in the annual meeting of The...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...

Bergé to handle 80% of car traffic at Santander port

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – Spanish company Bergé has become an almost monopolistic operator in the handling and management of vehicles...

Greece’s Neptune Lines starts operating at Santander port

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Greek shipping company Neptune Lines started operating at Santander port on April 3. The Greek company offers...

UK could take advantage of Brexit to boost port sector

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – The logistics sector generates nearly 10% of the French annual gross domestic product (GDP) and ports...

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