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The annual general meeting of Nantes Ports Maritime Union (UMNP) was held on 6th June. An opportunity to gather together the Loire Estuary port and maritime community on the theme "Successfully Adapting on Corporate Social Responsibility Together".

Following the positive outcome of a trial multimodal transport operation at the ro-ro terminal at the end of 2023, 3 000 tonnes of granite arriving from Galicia via the Vigo‒Montoir shipping service are being regularly conveyed by train from the port installations at Montoir de Bretagne to the City of Lyon. This cargo, which previously travelled by road, is being used to refurbish the concourse of Lyon Part-Dieu railway station.

The production and use of hydrogen constitute an essential step in the decarbonization process at Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port. While this sector is at a less advanced stage than the offshore wind power sector, it is developing a structure, and the first large-scale projects should be fully operational by the end of the decade.

Appointed by Presidential Decree dated 19th April 2024, Jean-Rémy Villageois officially took up his post as Chair of the Management Board of Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port on Monday, 29th April 2024.

On 23rd May, at the Digital SPi coworking space in Saint Nazaire, the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique Brittany-Atlantic Region Maritime Cluster, in partnership with S2E2 and SMILE ‒ Smart Ideas to Link Energies, held a BlueDay event on the theme "Renewable Energy and Smart Grids in Port Activity Zones". This event has been awarded the " Springtime for Innovation" label by Pays de la Loire Regional Authority.

The 2024 Breakbulk Europe Trade Show was held from 21st to 23rd May in Rotterdam. The partners in Oportunity, Greater Western France’s port promotion collective, came together on a joint stand.