Tag: France

Fincantiery announced that it completed a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 50% of the share capital of STX France from the French State, represented by the Agence des Participations de l'Etat. The agreement between the two companies is subject to the closing of the transaction between the French State and STX Europe and to customary conditions.

Ship traffic at the port of Calais, France’s busiest passenger port, was significantly disrupted throughout Thursday by a group of French fishermen's protest at losses inflicted by the practice of electric pulse fishing, a practice responsible for depleting fish numbers in demarcated zones.

The Port Authority of Strasbourg and HAROPA, France's largest container seaport grouping together the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, signed a partnership agreement, to contribute to the development of new trades and services strengthening the attractiveness of the port sites.

This project aims to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the Suez Canal and Egyptian ports by providing a collection and waste treatment service of the highest international standards, as well as providing ship owners with essential traceability on their hydrocarbon waste.

French offshore company Bourbon and classification society Bureau Veritas have signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop and deploy automation and real time monitoring fleet applications, developing digital technologies, while mitigating cyber risks.

Japanese Jera and French EDF Trading Limited announced the signing of a non-binding agreement for an LNG optimisation joint venture  through JERA Trading Pte. Ltd.), to address uncertainties of LNG demand in Japan and Europe and to improve competitiveness of global LNG market.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands issued advisory to outline the Ballast Water Exchange requirements for ships on a voyage between two North Sea ports, as set out in International Maritime Organization Circular BWM.2/Circ.56.

French energy company Total and French shipping company CMA CGM have signed an agreement covering the supply of around 300,000 tons of LNG per year for 10 years starting from 2020, for CMA CGM's nine newbuild container ships, scheduled for delivery beginning 2020 onwards.

Rodolphe Saadé, General Director of the CMA CGM Group announced the company's decision to register four of its 20,000+ TEUs, under the French Flag. The company has declared its intention to equip the ships with engines using LNG in order to comply with new environmental rules.

France's Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, stated that France plans to adopt LNG as a fuel, altering regulation and fiscal rules on amortising investments, in order to facilitate refuelling to take place at ports.