Nantes – Saint Nazaire: the Port’s Facilities and Their Activities

 


With an annual external traffic volume in the order of 27 million tonnes, Nantes – Saint Nazaire is the leading port on France’s Atlantic Seaboard and the fourth largest major seaport authority.

Every year, the port facilities at Nantes – Saint Nazaire receive over 3 000 calls by merchant ships. These logistics activities generate 16 000 jobs in the Loire Estuary region; in total they create 2.7 thousand million euros in added value and more than 25 000 jobs in the regions of Western France as a whole.

Professionals

The installations of the Port of Nantes – Saint Nazaire are located on the Loire Estuary, which opens onto the Bay of Biscay.
18 specialist facilities permit the transit of 300 types of traffic. Already developed sites and sites currently under development represent a total surface area of 1 350 hectares.

About the Port’s Facilities +

General Public

The installations of the Port of Nantes – Saint Nazaire are located on the Loire Estuary, which opens onto the Bay of Biscay.
18 specialist facilities permit the transit of 300 types of traffic. Already developed sites and sites currently under development represent a total surface area of 1 350 hectares.

About the Port’s Facilities +

Locating to the Port Area

Land Development Offer and Project Assistance Being Responsible not only for developing and managing the industrial and logistical activity zones but also for bringing added value to port property, Nantes - Saint Nazaire Port gives careful consideration to plans for new business locations. Space is available in all the main port zones.

Projects

Projects Serving a Particular Ambition
Serving the Region’s competitiveness by building an intermodal logistics offer, assisting and encouraging the development of Loire Estuary know-how, committing to the control and reduction of the environmental impact of port activities… these are some of the aims of the projects driven by Nantes – Saint Nazaire Port.

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Real-Time Tide Data
LT 23 h 16 HT 4h49 Coeff. 85
St-Nazaire
4 m *
Cordemais
4.44 m *
Nantes
5.78 m *
*Benchmark Level: nautical chart 0.
Flow of the River Loire
1918 m3/s *
*Value at Montjean, obtained from www.vigicrues.gouv.fr. This automatic measurement may be temporarily unavailable or inaccurate.

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