BOATS: Eight ports in around Nice are affected by this ban due to the spread of Coronavirus across France Access to the eight ports of the metropolitan area of Nice has been closed to ships carrying passengers until further notice in order to “fight” the coronavirus pandemic, according to a decree issued by the metropolis. This prohibition concerns the ports of Nice, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, […]
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This Thursday, February 28, 2019, Gérald Darmanin the Minister in charge of customs is in Dieppe to discuss the issues of Brexit. A moment of exchange is planned for the Channel. How to adapt to the new security challenges brought about by Brexit? In Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), the Transmanche line will be impacted. New customs officers will come in to help with the increase […]
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Armel Le Cléac’h is still leading the Vendée Globe on Monday night. The skipper of Banque Populaire boat is 507 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) at 9 am Tuesday. After slowing down, this morning he picks up speed. Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) still dominates the Vendée Globe. The Banque Populaire skipper emerging […]
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It was her husband who gave the warning Friday night, after not returning home … On Friday at 8.45 pm, a man calls for help, anxious, as his wife had not retuirned home from a party in the afternoon cleaning their boat at the port of Bloscon, Roscoff (Finistère). Besides the police, three fire crews were […]
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At the call of the CGT, port staff have blocked access to the fishing port at Lorient since dawn on Wednesday morning. Since 4 am Wednesday morning, answering the call of the local and departmental unions CGT, port staff block access to tankers at the fishing port at Lorient. Burning tyre dams Three dams of […]
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Several hundred meters high fences will be installed to further secure the port ring road to Calais … Avoid “invasions of migrants”. The British government will finance the installation of three hundred meters of additional fencing along the bypass port of Calais. Work will be performed “by the summer”. Securing “vital” for the economy “The […]
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The Port de la Lune will host 50 cruise ships in 2016, against 35 in 2015 … If everything is not rosy in the activities of the port of Bordeaux, recently highlighted by the Court of Auditors, the cruise ships sector is flourishing. The port expects 50 stopovers in the port de la Lune in […]
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Sailors of Scop SeaFrance, placed in receivership, have once again blocked the port of Calais to recover equipment on older ships of MyFerryLink … There has been new protests at the Port of Calais by the Staff and Sailors of the Scop SeaFrance that recently went into liquidation. They blocked the port of Calais, for […]
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Custom Officers of Le Havre, who inspected a cargo container, due to be shipped by an automotive company to the African country of Mauritania, discovered that it contained hazardous waste whose export is illegal. These included fuel filters, engines and used exhaust parts, according to a statement released earlier today, Wednesday, by customs. Everything was stored […]
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