French-Norwegian Green Maritime Forum 2025
The conference was held 4 February 2025, 08:30–17:00 CET, at CCI Marseille in Marseille. It was organized by Innovation Norway, the Comité Marseillais des Armateurs de France (CMAF), and the Union Maritime et Fluviale de Marseille Fos (UMF). Listed partners were Armateurs de France, DNV, Hurtigruten, Knutsen LNG France, LMG Marin, Maritime Cleantech, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Paris, SEAM, and TeamTec. The forum connected Norwegian and French maritime stakeholders around greener ports, passenger vessels, shipping, and net-zero transition financing.
The page gives French maritime context: 564 ports, approximately 360 million tonnes of goods and 30 million passengers handled annually, more than 560 registered merchant/service vessels and over 1,000 river ferries; an 8,500 km navigable network, over 80% used for goods or passenger transport; and 428 commercial fleet vessels in French registers in 2024, with a similar number under foreign flags in ferry, fuel transport, and offshore activities. It says Marseille-Fos handled 4 million passengers and 72 million tonnes of goods in 2023. The event is framed as supporting France’s net-zero-by-2050 ambition.
Programme (GMT+01:00): 08:30 registration; 09:00 opening; 09:30 “Caring for the Coast” keynote; 09:45 port electrification/greening and sustainable transport panel; 10:15 CO2 capture and transport keynote; 10:30 green shipping panel; 11:00 pitches by Clean Sea Solutions, Zeabuz, and ZEN Oceans; 11:15 regulator/regulated perspective keynote; 11:30 transition-financing panel; 12:00 pitches by Neptech, Nordic Batteries, and Shipshave; 12:15–14:00 networking lunch; 14:00 emission-free ammonia technology keynote by Amogy; 14:15 closing remarks; 14:30–16:30 B2B meetings. Named speakers included Philippe Tabarot, Marianne Sivertsen Næss, Renaud Muselier, Niels Engelschiøn, Hedda Felin, Jakob Sidenius, Maria Bos, Maria Harti, Pierre-Antoine Villanova, Oliver Hagen-Smith, Ludovic Gérard, Abigail Robinson, Ingela Ek, Isabelle Campagnola-Savon, Amandine Cortier, Emma Nekelson, and Jan-Olaf Willums.
The “Companies you will meet” tab lists: ABB; ABL Group; Aderco; Amogy Norway; Armateurs de France; Azane Fuel Solutions; Bpifrance; Bergen Engines; Boluda; Bourbon; Brunvoll; Brødrene Aa; Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore; Caisse d’Epargne; Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations; Centrimex; Compagnie Française de Croisières; Clean Sea Solutions; Cluster Maritime Français; CMA CGM; CMAF; Compagnie Maritime Chambon; Conseil National du Rhône; Corsica Linea; Croisières Marseille Provence; DGAMPA; DNV; Ecosubsea; Eksfin; Equans; Equimer; Euroméditerranée; Filhet-Allard; Gazocean; Goltens Worldwide; Grand Port Maritime de Marseille; Hurtigruten; Hydroniq Coolers; Inspire Invest; Knutsen LNG France; Kongsberg Maritime; Kongsberg Norcontrol; La Méridionale; Latitude Blanche; Le Marin; Les Ateliers Eco-Citoyens; Leyton; LMG Marin; Marfret; MEDEF Sud; MGI; Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence; Neptech; Nordic Batteries; O5 Marine; Ocean Wings; Orient Express Silenseas; Plug; Ponant; Provence Promotion; Préfecture Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; Pôle Mer Méditerranée; Rising Sud; RIVE Private Investment; Riviera Yachting Network; SBM Offshore; SEAM; Seayard; Shipshave; Société Coopérative du Lamanage; Sogestran; Syndicat des Transitaires de Marseille; TeamTec; UMF; Union Maritime et Portuaire de France; Vectorys; Voies Navigables de France; Wabtec; Wilhelmsen; Zeabuz; and École nationale supérieure maritime. The page lists participation as free but also lists NOK 2,100 or EUR 180 per person excluding VAT; stated inclusions are forum/seminar access, networking lunch, and B2B-area access. Registration expressed interest only, with participation subject to confirmation; seats were limited. Sponsorship offers were available; a recommended hotel was Hôtel la Résidence Vieux Port. Inquiries were directed to the event’s “Get in touch” section.