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The Loire Estuary Regional Community has just been designated as the successful tenderer following the call for proposals by the French National Agency for Energy Transition (ADEME) for a low-carbon industrial activity zone (ZIBaC) within the framework of the "France 2030" Programme. The consortium comprising the Loire Estuary Association of Industrial Firms (AILE: Arcelormittal, Cargill, EDF, Elengy, Engie, Eqiom, TotalEnergies, and Yara), Saint Nazaire Urban Area District Authority, Estuaire et Sillon Community District Authority, Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port, and Pays de la Loire Regional Authority, is proposing some thirty concrete actions to speed up the decarbonization and energy transition of this industrial area. The ZIBaC label will make it possible to secure funding to prepare and to ramp up the deployment of those actions.

Shipping line WEC has chosen to incorporate Montoir de Bretagne in its Northern Europe ‒ Southern Europe maritime logistics plan. The new shipping service will start operating in mid-September, and will offer its users a concrete alternative to road haulage.

On 1st July, the "Saint Nazaire: XXL Transitions" exhibition organized by Saint Nazaire City Council opened at the LiFE Event Space in the former submarine base. Nantes ‒Saint Nazaire Port is a partner of this event, which will continue all summer long, until 24th September.

On 22nd June, the logistics team from the Brest-based cooperative dairy company Laïta met team members from Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port’s Development and Marketing Directorates at its annual seminar.

The Éole project, which aims to anticipate the development of floating offshore wind power, is going ahead in 2023. Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port has launched the first on-site studies to provide an industrial and logistical integration base for this up-and-coming sector of activity.

Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port, Saint Nazaire City Council and Saint Nazaire Urban Area District Authority are issuing a call for expressions of interest to select a project developer to turn the rooftop terrace of the fortified lock into a cultural, festive and recreational venue.