French ports change structure

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As part of the ports reform programme in France, the country’s seven leading seaports (port autonomes) are to introduce management structu...

Top people changes at French ports

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The French government has appointed Jean-Claude Terrier, currently director general of the Port of Dunkirk Authority (PAD) to succeed Guy Ja...

Mixed results for French ports

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Container traffic at France’s two main container ports, Le Havre and Marseille-Fos, fell slightly last year, due mainly to social unrest a...

The responsibility, but not the power

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Container traffic at the Port of Marseilles rose by 11.5 per cent over the whole year to around 916,000 TEU, but would have grown by at leas...

Ports autonomes changes

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A new French government study is underway to review the functions of France’s leading ports, or ports autonomes (PAs) - six seaports and t...

Le Havre concerned over inland links

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Work on Le Havre’s Port 2000 is proceeding well and the first berths are slated to open in autumn next year. However, there remain concern...

River ports gearing up

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The Port of Paris Authority (PAP)'s 2002-2006 plan is worth E174 mill and includes E24 mill for property in the port area of Ile-de-France, ...

10 show interest in Port 2000

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The Port of Le Havre Authority (PAH) says that 10 expressions of interest in its new Port 2000 container terminals had been received by its ...

Looking at matters in the round

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Most of France's leading seaports have reported their 2000 results. This "anti-clockwise" tour d'horizon summarises the major developments a...

Dry Port Dunkirk

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Dry Port Dunkerque (DPD), the new on-dock intermodal terminal in the Port of Dunkirk has now been commissioned, the product of an E8.2 mill ...

Out of Harnes way

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The small canal port at Harnes, in the heart of the Nord/Pas de Calais region in north east France, is being modernised and extended......

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