Beach Forwarding: A Reflection of a Collective Port Dynamic
Almost a hundred people attended the "Beach Forwarding" event in Saint Nazaire on 26th June, which was devoted to the latest happenings in relation to the maritime services offered by Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire. Shippers, transport operators and freight forwarders were all in attendance. The announcements included the future cold storage facility at Montoir de Bretagne and the creation of the Greater Western France Shippers Club.
Headed by Jean-Rémy Villageois, Chair of Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port’s Management Board, the evening was punctuated by numerous speeches.
For the ro-ro sector, Jean-Christophe Herry from Somaloir, Stephen Nedelec from Neoline, Antoine Sébastien from LD Seaplane, together with Jean-Luc Bernard from Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port, provided a recap on the existing services and reported on new developments.
For the container and breakbulk sectors, Hugues Houzé de l’Aulnoit from Terminal du Grand Ouest (TGO) highlighted the current service offer. Alongside Cédric Eon from Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port, Cécile Levieil for Pays de la Loire Regional Authority presented the EU Interreg project.
A Refrigerated Warehouse at Montoir
Sylvain Pucel, Chief Executive of Groupe SF, announced the construction of a multi-temperature warehouse at the Montoir de Bretagne industrial and logistics facility, on a 6-hectare site located to the rear of the general cargo and container terminal. This will be a major asset for the development of international agri-food flows from the ro-ro and container terminals at the Port of Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire.
Creation of the Greater Western France Shippers Club
Pauline Van den Bulcke, Export Director at U LOG, officially launched the Greater Western France Shippers Club. The aim of this Association is to bring together industrial firms working with the Port of Montoir de Bretagne, so as to create synergies between actions and tools to develop the maritime offer. The Shippers Club will undertake initial actions with and for logistics professionals, notably on subjects such as decarbonization, the multimodality of logistics activities, the optimization of transport costs, the reduction of delivery times and the fluidity of port transit operations.
Yann Trichard, Chair of the Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, concluded the contributions by inviting industrial shippers from all sectors to join the Club.
The evening in pictures…
Contact Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port – Cédric Eon
