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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."

Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port is continuing to expand its ship repair and maintenance offer in terms of plant and equipment, services, and price conditions. The Saint Nazaire dock basins possess the high-quality infrastructures and know-how to establish a position in the highly competitive market of ship repair and maintenance.

Hydrogen today represents less than 0.05 % of the world energy production market. But its potential for development is huge, driven by the speeding up of the energy transition process. Mikaa Mered, author and lecturer at HEC Paris, specializing in the geopolitics and geoeconomics of climate change, explains.