Port of Marseille Fos Reports Decline in Traffic for 2023 with Exceptional Investment Plans for 2024

Port of Marseille Fos Reports Decline in Traffic for 2023 with Exceptional Investment Plans for 2024

At the start of 2024, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille presented its results for the year 2023. With the notable exception of passenger traffic, all its other activities are in decline. War in Ukraine, tensions in the Middle East, inflation… The international “deep geopolitical instability” is considered by its managers as one of the … Read more

French-Turkish Naval Relations: Kinaliada Corvette’s Historic Visit to Toulon

French-Turkish Naval Relations: Kinaliada Corvette’s Historic Visit to Toulon

The Kinaliada arrived on Monday, November 20 in Toulon for a three-day stopover in the French military port, noted Mer et Marine. If other vessels of the Turkish navy, such as Meko type frigates, come more or less regularly to Toulon, particularly when they are integrated into NATO naval groups, this is the first time … Read more

Philippe Starck Designs New Livery for National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM)

Philippe Starck Designs New Livery for National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM)

It indeed sports a brand new livery, the one signed by the architect Philippe Starck for the National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM). “This new graphic identity was imagined during the new fleet program but Philippe Starck adapted it from the outset to all models of the existing fleet. Thus, during technical stops of their boats, … Read more

The Utopia of the Seas: A New Oasis Class Cruise Liner Sets Sail

The Utopia of the Seas: A New Oasis Class Cruise Liner Sets Sail

The immense silhouette of the Utopia of the Seas, which had been growing for 14 months in form B of the Chantiers de l’Atlantique, shook in the early morning of Saturday September 16. After its launch and the opening of the hold on the Loire estuary, the giant liner, still devoid of functional propulsion, was … Read more