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Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port is issuing a call for expressions of interest in the Quai Marquis d'Aiguillon – Shed 12 site, to breathe new life into this port facility located in an exceptional setting beside the River Loire, halfway between the rapidly changing Bas-Chantenay District of the City and the heart of Nantes.

The extension work launched this year will make it possible to relieve the pressure on the Montoir de Bretagne liquid cargo berth, which in the future will be able to receive two vessels at the same time.

A Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI) for the construction of one or more temperature-controlled warehouses in the Montoir de Bretagne industrial and port activity zone was published on 25th August.

Following the success of Season 1, the realization and advancement of several digital solutions, Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port’s Smart Port Hackathon is back! Students, start-ups, digital technology companies, Port Community players and shippers, institutional partners, take up the challenge with Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port on 22nd, 23rd and 24th November at the Halle 6 Technology Centre in Nantes!

The European Union SMOOTH PORTS project is holding its final event in Brussels, on 13th and 14th September. Instituted in 2019, this project brings together six European partners in an initiative that represents the continuation of actions which have already been undertaken to reduce the carbon footprint and to exchange best practices.

At the Annual General Meeting held on 16th June 2022, the Board of Directors of Nantes Ports Maritime Union (UMNP) re-elected as Chairman Pascal Vialard for a new three-year term. The Head of UMNP has set the course: "more broadly bringing players together in the cause of developing the port facilities of Nantes ‒ Saint-Nazaire and extending UMNP’s influence beyond our own Port Community."