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Hynamics, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, has launched a preliminary consultation from 16th December 2024 to 9th March 2025 on the Take Kair project. Take Kair is an innovative project to build and operate an e-fuel (or synthetic fuel) production plant, mainly for aviation, at Donges, within the Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port Authority area.

The French Directorate-General for Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility (DGITM) and the CEREMA Technicial Directorate for Risks, Water and the Sea have set up a "club": a port-based working group that brings together managers with responsibility for marketing, studies, promotion or pricing, for a vision of marketing in the broad sense of the term. Two seminars are held each year, one in Paris and the other in one of France’s ports, alongside webinars throughout the year.

Over 70 representatives from the container sector, industrialists, transport organizers and shipowners met on 5th December to exchange views and put the Port of Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire’s activities into perspective. The event was organized by container terminal operator Terminal du Grand Ouest (TGO) and Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port.

The 64th edition of the European Commodities Exchange has taken place at the Grand Palais in Paris. Organized by Agro Paris Bourse, this event is the unmissable annual gathering for all the world’s leading professionals in the grain, cereals, oilseed and protein crops trading sector.

On 3rd December, the French Renewable Energy Federation held the 10th edition of the National Conference on Marine Renewable Energy, entitled "Ocean of Solutions: The Marine Renewable Energy Industry at the Service of Energy Sovereignty", at the headquarters of the Business France organization in Paris.

An all-female delegation represented Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port at the IACP World Conference on Cities and Ports from 26th to 29th November: Sophie Cochard-Quesson, Director of Planning and Development, Environment and Real-Estate Assets, Katell Cornec-Lepage, Strategy Officer with responsibility for city-port relations, and Emilie Chefdor, Communication Officer with responsibility for the Port Center project.