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Marseille is a Mediterranean seaport-city in Southeast France, on the Gulf of Lion (golfe du Lion): second largest city in the country and a major port; it is managed by Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-GPMM (Marseille Fos Port Authority). Marseille is the home of CMA CGM, a global container transport and logistics company.

Mediterranean Institute of Maritime Transport ceases activities

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen des transports maritimes (IMTM – Mediterranean Institute of...

France – China Economic Forum: Marseille, bridge between Europe and Asia

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Usually held in Paris on 12th  Franco-Chinese economic forum was relocated for the first time in...

Marseille port’s Graving Dock No. 10 (Forme 10) is back in operation

Marseille, October 20, 2017 – Dry dock no. 10 of Marseille Port, the biggest dock in the Mediterranean area and one of the biggest in the world, becomes...

Razel-Bec will build a bridge near future terminal of Cape Janet

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – The Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM) is preparing for the development of the new Cape Janet...

Marseille port to generate energy from seawater

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The port of Marseille is using technology called Massileo, a moderate-temperature water network to...

Ecocean plans to restock French ports with marine life

Montpellier, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Ecocean, a company which helps restore marine ecosystems, plans to replenish marine fish stocks...

CMA CGM announces new incubator in Marseilles

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of the French CMA CGM Group, has said that the company will set up a start up a...

Marseille’s VASCO2 experiment testing a novel biomass production solution

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – The applied research program Vasco2, involving 12 industrial partners in the Marseille Fos industrial...

UPE13 association visits Marseille port

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – A delegation of more than twenty entrepreneurs of the UPE13 (Union pour les Entreprises des...

The image of Marseille port improves according to survey

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – On behalf of the port of Marseille Fos, an independent company has carried out a survey of 500...

Air PACA publishes report on air quality in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – Air PACA, an air pollution monitoring organisation, has published the a dossier on air quality in...

PROVIRIDIS awards companies’ environmental efforts

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – PROVIRIDIS has awarded three transport companies for their investments and the use of liquefied...

CMA CGM launches Morocco Express ro-ro service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group, a leader in container shipping, is launching a service connecting Morocco...

MGI: Channel 5: artificial intelligence for ports of the future

Press release , October 4, 2017 Channel 5: artificial intelligence for ports of the future, Awarded best innovation in logistics at the Port of the Future...

Visit of the Club TOP 20 to the port of Marseille Fos

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – Christine Cabau Woehrel, President of the Board of Directors of the Port of Marseille Fos, has...

Marseille port introduces clean ship premium

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Marseille Fos is stepping up its commitment to improving air quality and is...

Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up...

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