In the ranking of the most important ports in the world, that of Le Havre climbs to 68th. Its traffic exploded in 2021: three million containers, 83.6 million tonnes of goods, and 326,000 vehicles passed through Normandy that year. The cranes load and unload, day and night, the huge metal boxes carried by the cargo ships moored at the docks. As evidenced by the number of recent seizures, cocaine traffickers hide inside hundreds of kilos of white powder arriving from...
“Ah, when there is a personality, immediately there are people, huh? The room, located on the fifth floor of the Silo, a former hangar in the port of Marseille converted into a theater, is full of journalists. Everyone knows that this press conference is special to say the least. Admittedly, the traditional annual report of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) is held face-to-face, after years of distance due to the coronavirus epidemic. Above all, the new chairman of...
A life dedicated to patiently putting together a titanic puzzle, piece by piece. To put words, situations, images on a heavy silence. That of his father, modeled on that of France. For years, Antoine de Gennaro has been trying to understand how the lives of his father Alphonse, his grandparents and his great-grandfather changed forever, one morning in January 1943. An episode that no one talked about in his family, and of which very few people from Marseille are still...
He had failed to register his name on the winners of the first edition of the Route du Rhum. Beaten for 98 seconds by Mike Birch and his Olympus Photography in 1978, the sailboat Kriter V skippered by Michel Malinovsky has nevertheless contributed to the legend of the transatlantic race. During the night from Sunday to Monday, the 21-meter-long monohull nevertheless sank out of sight. Perhaps shaken by the gusts of wind from storm Gérard, Kriter V sank about six...
This is the first time that more than 100 tonnes have been recovered in one year. Belgian authorities announced on Tuesday that cocaine seizures in the Flemish port have broken a new record: nearly 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in 2022 in the port of Antwerp. More than ever targeted by drug traffickers, the port city is the first gateway to Europe for this drug shipped from Latin America, often hidden in cargoes of fruit. Last year, seizures amounted...
The first red smoke has just been cracked, a few minutes after the final whistle marking the victory of the Blues over Morocco in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In this smoky setting, which barely hides the boats of the Old Port of Marseille behind him, Stéphane spreads his arms covered with a French flag to hug Aymen, a Moroccan flag on his back. “We are united and we are together, launches the Blues supporter with a big smile....
Exclusive Status: 12/13/2022 9:57 a.m The most important handling company in the port of Hamburg is complaining internally about the difficult situation in the container business. After research by NDR and WDR Among other things, savings in staff are apparently planned. By Stefan Buchen, NDR, Manuel Bewarder and Florian Flade, WDR Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, HHLA for short, presents itself as a successful company with its finger on the pulse of the times, as a "gateway to the future"....
Emmanuel Macron wants to continue the development of maritime transport. For this, the Head of State wishes the realization of a "Grand Port which goes from Marseille to Lyon", in particular for the transport of goods and energies, he indicated on Saturday to the daily. Provence.Alongside the Spanish and Portuguese leaders, the President officially launched on Friday in Alicante, south-eastern Spain, the ambitious hydrogen pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille, which should be completed by 2030. “With this project, Marseille will...
In the dark After an attack with Russian kamikaze drones: the port city of Odessa without electricity Cars line a dark street. The electricity in Odessa went out five days ago after massive rocket attacks © - / Ukrinform / DPA Russia has shut down the electricity supply in Odessa. The electricity is only still running in medical facilities. The authorities are still giving the all-clear: the situation is under control. Russian attacks with "Kamikaze drones" have caused massive power...
Status: 09.12.2022 08:53 The navigable water depth in the Elbe has been reduced since the beginning of December due to huge amounts of silt. This silt and its disposal have been the cause of much controversy for weeks. This afternoon, representatives of the coastal states will meet in Hamburg City Hall for the first silt summit. Since December 1, ships that call at the port of Hamburg are only allowed to do so with a shallower draft. This was decided...
