|  | 2 major ports with container traffic |
Port of Nantes Saint Nazaire |
Port of Nantes Saint Nazaire, the 4rth French port with feedering lines and direct lines towards French territories, Western Africa, Indian Ocean, Spain and Portugal. It is the 1rst port in Europe for animal feed, the leading port in France for timber, the 1rst French largest port for ro-ro trafic of cars and trailers, the leading liquefied natural gas terminal in Europe, the 2nd largest Total Fina Elf Groupe refinery, shipbuilding and ship repair facilities |
Port of La Rochelle the 8th French port with feedering lines. It is the 1rst Forest products terminal in France, 2nd largest port for grain and cereals in France. It hosts the 1rst French local railfreight operator. |
| The particular dense urban mesh of Western France comprises several major logistics platforms. Multimodal, with attractive prices (renting or ready to build), they can host competitive logistics units. They are best for regional and interregional distribution but are also strategically located, near Paris, for the distribution of both Iberian peninsula and Benelux, and United Kingdom. | Key Markets with strong logistic requirements |
Aeronautics, naval and shipbuilding, Agriculture and food industry, Mechanical equipment industry, Electric vehicles, Special and leisure vehicles, Retail market, Plants, Solar and Wind energy, Electronics, Wood-framed buildings, Civil Engineering... browse the key industries of each market | - General and specialised transport: Graveleau (Dachser), Breger, Girard, Groupe Lovefrance, Le Roy, Philippe Fauveder, Antoine & Cie, Grandjouan Industries, Roger Renaud& Cie, Bomex, MTA, MTTM, Etoile Routière Pays de La Loire, Guy Robin, Brangeon, Mousset, Sopitra, Delanchy, Jammet, Renaud, Salesky, Sofrica, Jollivet, Ambroise Bouvier, Robineau, STEF-TFE, Mory, Nexia, Gefco, Norbert Dentressangle, Sofrica, Geodis ...
- E-commerce specialists: Pick&Pack, Girard, Mondial Relay, SED, Kiala...
- Information Systems: Manhattan Associates, A5 INdustrie, Ateliers de la Chainette, Delta Ressources, Dupleix, Eurecom, Europal.net, Cidox, Insep Consulting ouest, Muta Consultants, Omron Electronics, Ouroumoff Ingénieri, Sigma, Vif, Strada, Agid, Aldata, Courbon, CSB system, Eurotherm, GFI...
- Handling, Lifting: IDEA, ALTEAD, Giffard Manutention, Bekaert Handling SNC, Como Manutention, Habrial Manutention, Manut LM, Ouest convoyeur et Automatisme, Rockwell Automation, Rocla Robotruck...
- Packaging: IPP Logipal, Francepal, Bonar Plastics France, Ecopal, Newtec case Palletizing, Polypack, RBL Plastiques, Em2...
- Retail and Industrial platforms: Système U, Logidis, Easydis, Coop Atlantique, Decathlon, Elidis Boissons Services (Kronembourg), Hachette, Remy Cointreau, Prodis, Scachap (Leclerc), Intermarché, Leader Price, Leroy Somer, Thales...
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| Major alternative ways of transport and future Developments |
- Sea Highways: 3 weekly lines to and from Montoir and the Spanish port of Gijon.
- Rail highway Ecofret Atlantique: Planned for 2011, this freight rail service will linked Northern France to Hendaye and will go through Western France (Saintes, Niort and Poitiers).
- New highspeed connection called LGV Sud Europe Atlantique: this new highspeed train will link Paris to Bordeaux in 2h05 and will enable the development of freight rail.
- New International Airport: Notre Dame des Landes is the future international airport of Western France and will take over the current Nantes Atlantique airport. Its opening is planned for early 2015 in the Western part of Nantes, near the Nantes-Rennes axis. more information
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| | Various training programmes are run in Western France from truck drivers to logistics engineers | - all levels: AFT-IFTIM (Association for Transport Training – Institute for Training in Organization and Handling Techniques, 5 sites in Western France) : provide a wide range of professional training courses at all levels
- University Technical Diplomas in Transport and Logistics (« DUT Transport et Logistique »)
- Supply Chain Manager: Graduate School of Industrial Logistics (ESLI)
- Master in International Logistics: University of Nantes
- International Master of Science Program in Industrial Engineering and Management of Logistics and Production Systems: Graduate School of Engineering, Ecole des Mines
- Research unit in Logistics and Production Systems: within the Nantes Cybernetic and Communication Research Institute (IRCCyN)
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