A game-changing alliance between India’s Adani Ports and France’s Marseille Fos Port was unveiled Wednesday, promising to revolutionize trade efficiency and sustainability. Priorities include port tech upgrades, trade optimization, energy overhauls, and seamless India-Europe integration via IMEC.
The MoU outlines enhanced port collaborations along IMEC, proposing an IMEC Ports Club to bolster India-EU ties. Introduced at the 2023 New Delhi G20, this 6,000-km initiative fuses maritime, rail, tech, and green energy elements for continental convergence.
APSEZ CEO Ashwani Gupta underscored India’s vanguard efforts. ‘Post-India-EU FTA, expect multiplied trade flows,’ he predicted, crediting Hazira and Mundra for flawless initial and interim corridor legs.
Linking with Marseille completes IMEC’s loop, expediting goods and info flows to cement economic bonds and resilient chains.
This builds on PM Modi’s ‘Mother of All Trade’ FTA with the EU, inked during Macron’s visit—evidence of thriving Indo-French relations.
‘Thrilled to deepen APSEZ partnership as IMEC hits stride,’ said Marseille’s Hervé Martel. ‘Our ports anchor this route’s ends, tasked with its design and launch. Together, we’ll coalesce ports for efficient, resilient, sustainable regional bridges,’ he pledged.