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France
Every Vessel Hunter story on France: 8 stories, from 1 July 2026 to 4 October 2026. Newest: "Dunkirk picks MSC's TiL for its second container terminal, due in 2029". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Dunkirk picks MSC's TiL for its second container terminal, due in 2029
Dunkirk's port authority has confirmed MSC's Terminal Investment Limited as developer and operator of its second container terminal, with the quay due for completion in January 2029.
Brittany Ferries charters Vizzavona as Wexford for Rosslare-Cherbourg from 2027
Brittany Ferries has chartered the RoPax Vizzavona, to be renamed Wexford, for its Rosslare-Cherbourg route from March 2027, replacing the chartered freight ship Norbay.
Wind-powered Neoliner Origin makes first Zeebrugge call
The sail-assisted ro-ro Neoliner Origin called at Zeebrugge on 21 September, the first large cargo ship working partly under sail to load in a Belgian port.
France Commits 260 Million Euros To Five Ports For Floating Wind
France has committed 260 million euros to five ports to prepare them for floating offshore wind construction, in an allocation expected to unlock around a billion euros of investment.
Dunkirk breaks ground on second container terminal
Dunkirk has begun building a second container terminal, a €303m project centred on a 1,000-metre deepwater quay designed to roughly double the port's box handling capacity.
France fines shadow-fleet tanker owner EUR 1m over false flag
French prosecutors have fined the owner of the shadow-fleet tanker Tagor EUR 1m after the vessel was detained in the Atlantic on suspicion of sailing under a false flag. The 2004-built tanker was stopped by French autho…
France brings detained Deliver tanker to Marseille in flag probe
France has brought the detained tanker Deliver to an anchorage near Marseille for a prosecutor-led investigation into an alleged flag offence, part of a wider European crackdown on shadow-fleet tankers.
France boards another Russian shadow fleet tanker off Sicily
France has intercepted the Russia-linked tanker Deliver off Sicily, stepping up Europe's campaign against the shadow fleet used to move sanctioned Russian oil.
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