Marseille Fos up 2% in H1 2017

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Despite a dip in oil volumes, first half cargo throughput at Marseille Fos rose 2% y-o-y to 39.9 Mt, driven by growth in all three general c...

P&O Ports for Sète

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P&O Ports has won a three-year management contract to operate the container terminal in the Port de Sète in the south of France...

HAROPA up 1.9% to end of May

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With overall port tonnage topping 38 Mt, seaborne container traffic increased by 12.4% in tonnage terms to 12.2 Mt and by 7.8% in unit terms...

VTG acquires NACCO Group

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VTG AG aims to expand its European wagon leasing fleet by 14,000 to 94,000 through an agreement to acquire CIT Rail Holdings (Europe) SAS, t...

Gold for MGI and Marseille

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Port ICT specialist MGI and Marseille Fos Port have won the Gold Prize for the best “Smart Port information systems project" at the IAPH c...

General cargo leads at Marseille Fos

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Q1 2017 cargo throughput at Marseille Fos was marked by strong growth in general cargo, which totalled 4.98 Mt, up 11% year-on-year...

Calais back to growth

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Cross-channel freight is up again at Boluogne Calais Port and in March an all-time monthly record of 181,005 units was logged...

Mixed bag for Mulhouse-Rhin

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The French Rhine port complex of Mulhouse-Rhin handled 5 Mt in 2016, marginally down on 2015's performance...

Boost for Sète ro-ro

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In June, Grimaldi's GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci) will introduce a weekly call between Sète and Bareclona, bypassing land border crossings...

Wider vision for Medlink

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Marseille-Fos CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel has called for a united approach to marketing hinterland rail and waterways connections after bein...

Enter Norlink Ports

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Ports in north eastern France (Hauts de France) have set up a new assocation to promote their interests...

Plus ça change in la Belle France

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Traffic over France’s main ports was fairly stable in 2016, due to cyclical factors and in line with the overall performance of the French...

Antwerp-Metz intermodal rail

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Multi Modal Rail is set to introduce a weekly intermodal rail pair between Antwerp and Metz...