td (APSEZ) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Port of Marseille Fos to strengthen trade connectivity between India and Europe under the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).
The MoU was signed during the visit of Emmanuel Macron, highlighting the growing India–France strategic partnership and aligning it with the broader IMEC and India–EU trade vision.
The partnership proposes the creation of an IMEC Ports Club to improve coordination among key ports along the corridor, completing the India–EU trade pathway under IMEC.
Launched at the Narendra Modi-hosted G20 Summit in New Delhi, IMEC is a 6,000-km multimodal connectivity initiative linking India and Europe through maritime routes, rail, digital systems and clean-energy networks.
On the eastern gateway of IMEC, APSEZ’s ports at Mundra and Hazira serve as multimodal logistics hubs. Marseille Fos strengthens the western European gateway, adding around 70 million tonnes of capacity and extending the corridor deeper into Europe.
The collaboration will focus on promoting IMEC as a secure and sustainable trade route, advancing port digitalisation and smart-port systems, enhancing cybersecurity and data interoperability, developing alternative fuels and low-carbon bunkering, and establishing a Mundra–Marseille Green Maritime Corridor.
APSEZ, which handles about 28% of India’s total port volumes with a capacity of 633 million tonnes per annum, aims to scale up to 1 billion tonnes by 2030, reinforcing its position as a key player in global logistics and integrated transport infrastructure.
