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Renewables
Acta Marine sets up French subsidiary
Dutch offshore vessel owner and operator Acta Marine has established a French subsidiary and opened a new office in Montoir…
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Europe
CMA CGM agrees $5.5bn price to take over Bolloré Logistics
French liner CMA CGM has agreed to buy the logistics operations of family-run conglomerate Bolloré Logistics for an enterprise value of EUR5bn…
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Renewables
Nexans signs record $1.87bn offshore wind contract
Paris-based cabling firm Nexans has sealed a frame agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for three grid projects, connecting…
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Europe
CEVA Logistics enters the car carrier trades
CEVA Logistics, a subsidiary of French liner CMA CGM, has entered the car carrier trades, taking four dual-fuel Eastern Pacific…
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Renewables
DEME scores French wind hat-trick
DEME Offshore has secured three contracts with a combined value of more than €300m ($331m) for the Dieppe Le Tréport…
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Offshore
Havila Shipping PSV gets more work with TotalEnergies
Norwegian OSV owner Havila Shipping has secured a contract extension with TotalEnergies for the 2010-built platform supply vessel . The…
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Gas
French collaborate on large hydrogen carrier development
The French brains behind the development of large LNG carriers are now gearing up to offer large liquid hydrogen carriers.…
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Ports and Logistics
Maersk and CMA CGM look to set up methanol bunkering in Australia’s largest box port
Maersk and CMA CGM’s Australian subsidiary ANL have signed up to explore the commercial feasibility of establishing a green methanol…
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Containers
Cash-rich CMA CGM enters negotiations to buy Bolloré Logistics for $5.5bn
Two of France’s richest people, Rodolphe Saadé and Vincent Bolloré, have entered negotiations that could see cash-rich liner CMA CGM…
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Offshore
Bourbon forms Guyanese offshore vessel venture with local company
French offshore vessel player Bourbon has formed a joint venture in Guyana in which the local company Tethys Marine &…
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Tech
CMA CGM steps up startup scene commitment
France’s CMA CGM has strengthened its commitment to the startup incubator Zebox, initiated by its chairman Rodolphe Saade and partners…
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Renewables
Fugro secures French floating wind survey work
Fugro has won a contract from RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) to carry out a geotechnical investigation for future offshore…
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Containers
CMA CGM signs for $3bn worth of methanol and LNG powered boxships in China
French carrier CMA CGM has placed orders for 16 dual-fuel containerships at China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in a record…
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Maritime CEO
Airseas: Walking the talk
Although the shipping sector is seeing a rapid rise in appetite for wind propulsion, the planet needs faster actions on…
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Renewables
Allseas firms up vessel for French offshore wind campaign
Swiss-based marine construction specialist Allseas has confirmed a contract award from Belgium’s DEME to install the substation for the Yeu…
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Containers
CMA CGM’s secondhand splurge since 2020 surpasses the 100-ship mark
The two most aggressive buyers of secondhand boxships during container shipping’s record earnings period of the last three years have…
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Europe
Edouard Louis-Dreyfus elected president of Armateurs de France
Edouard Louis-Dreyfus has taken on a two-year presidency of Armateurs de France, the French shipowners’ association, vowing to boost the…
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Middle East
CMA CGM lodges bid to run Lebanon’s postal services
French liner CMA CGM, via subsidiary Colis Privé, is the only company to have lodged a bid to take over…
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Renewables
EDF and Maple Power venture wins 1GW French offshore wind tender
EDF Renewables and Maple Power joint venture Eoliennes en mer Manche Normandie has won a tender to develop an offshore…
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Containers
CMA CGM dominating the container charter scene this year
While Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) continues to dominate the container sale and purchase scene, it is Marseille’s CMA CGM which…
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