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Marseille-Fos Port (French: Grand port maritime de Marseille, lit. 'Great Seaport of Marseille') is the main trade seaport of France. In 2011, the port had an overall traffic of 88 million tons. It was also one of the 15 world's largest cruise ports and the fifth-largest in the Mediterranean.
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The table below lists 20 of the busiest ports in Europe; Rotterdam currently ranks first here, and eleventh in the world by cargo tonnage.For ferries, transport vehicles like heavy trucks are included using their full weight, while passenger cars are not counted as cargo.
The Port of Le Havre is the Port and port authority of the French city of Le Havre. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage, and the largest container port, with three sets of terminals. It can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners, and a major new marina is being planned.
The urban operation Euroméditerranée has developed a large offer of offices and thus Marseille hosts one of the main business district in France. Marseille is the home of three main technopoles: Château-Gombert (technological innovations), Luminy (biotechnology) and La Belle de Mai (17,000 sq.m. of offices dedicated to multimedia activities).
The Old Port of Marseille (French: Vieux-Port de Marseille, [vjøpɔʁ də maʁsɛj]) is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became mainly pedestrian in 2013.
In 2015, the Port of Boulogne remained France's leading fishing port (in terms of tonnage landed) ahead of Lorient, despite a significant decline (50,965 tons in 2001, [41] 43,952 tons in 2006, [42] 36,096 tons in 2012 [42] and 35,850 tons in 2015). [43] In 2020, the Port of Boulogne was France's leading fishing port, with a tonnage of 27,859 ...
Pages in category "Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .