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Nantes Saint-Nazaire

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port is an international multimodal platform, an industrial tool for economic development and a regional developer, and plays a major role in the attractiveness of the Greater West region of France. It is the 4th largest metropolitan port and the leading port on the French Atlantic coast.

Fincantieri takeover of STX France agreed

Nantes-St.Nazaire (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – Following negotiations between the French and Italian governments, it has been that Fincantieri...

STX France future set for conclusion

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The future of the STX France shipyards at a Franco-Italian summit on September. 27, but a further...

Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the...

Nantes-St.Nazaire builds to increase capacity

Nantes-Saint.Nazaire (France) August 12, 2017 – The port of Nantes-Saint.Nazaire is building a new logistics platform in a move to make greater use of...

Spain considers subsidies for relaunching Gijón-Saint Nazaire MoS

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said that the costs for operators...

Paris government nationalise STX France

Nantes St.Nazaire, France, (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The French government will nationalize the STX France shipyard to keep the ship yards under...

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...

Nantes-St. Nazaire commences quay renovation

Nantes-St. Nazaire (France) June 21, 2017 – The redevelopment of the Prise-d’Eau quay, located near the Louis Joubert lock, has started. It was...

France’s Macron seeks review of STX shipyard sale to Fincantieri

Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) JUne 12, 2017 – New French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the recently announced deal for Fincantieri of...

Asturias government insists on relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The Minister of Infrastructures of the Principality of Asturias, Belén Fernández, called on the president of...

Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea attracts interest of “one or two” companies

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca said that there are “one or...

Fincantieri acquires control of STX France

Trieste, May 19, 2017 – Fincantieri S.p.A. has announced that it signed today a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 66.66% of the share capital...

Nantes−St. Nazaire Port sends delegation to Morocco

Nantes-St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 6, 2017 – At the end of last month, the port of Nantes-St-Nazaire sent a delegation to the Automotive...

Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service

Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...

Millet SA and Regiorail to operate traction services for OFP Atlantique

Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 6, 2017 – Millet SA and Regiorail are to set up OuestRail in order to take over the traction services of OFP...

Alkion Terminals signs contract for LBC assets

Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Alkion Terminals and LBC Tank Terminals (LBC) have announced the signing of an agreement in which...

Spain’s Suardíaz promotes Vigo-Nantes motorway of the sea at BreakBulk Europe

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Suardíaz was represented by a large team of professionals at BreakBulk Europe fair to...

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