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Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port, represented by Julien Dujardin, Deputy Managing Director, and by Jérôme Guiziou, Director of Development, was part of a 20-strong regional delegation to Scandinavia from 20th to 25th November. The mission was led by Christelle Morançais, who is the Chair of Pays de la Loire Regional Council and Chair of Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port’s Supervisory Board, and was the first such outing in the colours of OPORTUNITY, the new brand of the port promotion collective for Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire.

The second Smart Port Hackathon to be organized by Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port came to an end on Thursday evening at the Halle 6 Ouest Technology Centre and opens a new season of development. The participants took up the 5 challenges proposed. Each project will be pursued so as to arrive at digital solutions. The "Fun Energy", "Looport" and "Port 4 All" projects received a "favourite idea" prize from the Judges.

Greater Western France’s port promotion collective, newly named OPORTUNITY, will be meeting with companies in the Department of Maine-et-Loire on 13th December, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Headquarters of the Maine-et-Loire Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

On 8th and 9th November, Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port was present at what is the essential gathering of the maritime community, at which economic and institutional players in the maritime economy meet each year to discuss the major issues facing this sector.

This autumn, the teams at the TGO Terminal at Montoir de Bretagne carried out their biggest ever unloading operation of a single consignment of onshore wind turbines: seventeen V126-type Vestas wind turbines!

As of 1st November, France’s Regional Directorate for Customs and Indirect Taxation (DRDDI) is in charge of conducting checks on imported fruit and vegetables at Montoir de Bretagne.