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CMA CGM sets aside $1.5bn for new energy transition fund
French liner CMA CGM is setting aside some of its bumper profits to focus on its energy transition. The Marseille-based…
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Containers
Rodolphe Saadé one step closer to becoming newspaper owner
Rodolphe Saadé’s CMA CGM has remained alone in the running to take over Marseille’s top newspaper, La Provence after French…
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Europe
More French sailing cargo vessels under construction
Following very solid crowd funding and the backing of some big French corporate names, TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) is proceeding…
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Renewables
EDF Renewables sets sights on Taiwanese offshore wind
EDF Renewables has teamed up with Taiya Renewable Energy in the bidding process of Taiwan’s offshore wind Phase-3 zonal development…
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Renewables
EDF Renewables sets up Polish offshore wind partnership
EDF Renewables has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ferrovial’s Polish subsidiary Budimex for realising investments in offshore wind…
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Containers
Dalian Shipbuilding to build CMA CGM’s first methanol-fuelled ships
Clarksons Research has revealed which yard France’s CMA CGM has chosen to build its first methanol-fuelled ships. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry…
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Tech
French wind propulsion tech makes headway
France’s Centre de Recherche pour l’Architecture et l’Industrie Nautiques (CRAIN) Technologies has secured approval in principle (AiP) from fellow class…
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Ports and Logistics
CMA CGM venture wins bid for state-run terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port
CMA Terminals, a subsidiary of the French containerline CMA CGM, together with J M Baxi Ports & Logistics, a unit…
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Dry Cargo
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs offloads 13 bulkers
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is selling its fleet of handysize and supramax bulk carriers for an undisclosed sum. The French…
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Gas
GTT makes advances on liquefied hydrogen carrier designs
The French company that has led world shipping in terms of LNG construction is now making advances into the liquefied…
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Containers
Africa Express Line orders large reefers
Africa Express Line (AEL), the British subsidiary of Marseilles-based Compagnie Fruitière, has ordered for four conventional reefer cargo vessels at…
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Containers
Rodolphe Saadé fights calls for a windfall tax
Billionaire Rodolphe Saadé came out fighting yesterday, determined to steer politicians in Paris away from pummelling his company with a…
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Environment
K Line signs up for more sail tech
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed for more sail tech. Having already decided to install Seawings, an automatic…
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Renewables
Technip Energies consortium presses ahead with French floater demo
French-based engineering and technology company Technip Energies, a Spanish renewable energy startup X1 Wind and a consortium of 10 international…
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Gas
Deutsche ReGas inks deal with TotalEnergies on another FSRU for Germany
Germany’s Deutsche ReGas has signed an agreement with French energy major TotalEnergies for the installation and operation of floating storage…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC’s ports division readies €700m investment at Le Havre
Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the ports division of leading liner Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), has become the sole shareholder of…
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Bunkering
French unveil hydrogen barge plans
Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) and a host of French partners have given details of the Elemanta H2 project, a…
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Containers
CMA CGM looks to set up biomethane production in France
French liner CMA CGM and fellow energy group Engie are advancing their cooperation in renewable gas fuels for shipping with…
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Offshore
TGS and CGG swoop for ION Geophysical assets
Seismic data providers TGS and CGG have been selected as the successful bidders for acquiring ION Geophysical Corporation’s assets in…
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Containers
CMA CGM bows to Paris’s call for help, cuts import rates by $500
CMA CGM has bowed to pressure from the French government, announcing a rate cut yesterday. France’s finance minister, Bruno Le…
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