National Protocol of Cooperation The Fédération Française de Ports de Plaisance (FFPP – French Federation of Marinas) announced in May 2024 that 53 French marinas had voluntarily signed up to...

Long time planning After several summers of “testing” by granting certain marinas in Brittany and Normandy a special derogation to carry out entry and exit procedures for a limited time,...

With the U.K. having left the European Union on January 1st, 2021, the procedure for U.K. boats entering the Schengen area has drastically changed. With much confusion amongst cruisers as...

BY MAREX 2019-01-01 12:19:37 French police have intercepted 14 migrants at Boulogne who were allegedly intending to cross the English Channel on a stolen fishing trawler. The interdiction occurred in...