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SEA TRANSPORT
The Port of Marseille-Fos:
This is the largest port in the Mediterranean, and in France, with an annual
traffic of 92.5 million tons. The Port of Marseille services the entire world
and it has rail and motorway connections with the Mediterranean basin. It is
a “360-degree” global port.
All types of ships can be received: containerships, ferries, roll-on-roll-off,
tankers, etc.
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AIR TRANSPORT
The region has an efficient transport
service.
The MARSEILLE-PROVENCE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
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The second largest
airport in France for freight - 38,418 tons in
2000. Open 24-hours a day. |
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88,000
square metres of usable space. It is the regional
hub of DHL, Fedex, TNT, etc. |
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6 million
passengers every year, serves 80 cities and towns
with direct links to 27 countries, 25 airlines. |
Covering more than 600 hectares, the airport has 3 railway stations for freight
and 5 platforms for express freight operated by Chronopost, DHL, Jet Service,
TAT Express and TNT. .
Elected in September 1999
as the best cargo airport in southern Europe, the Marseille-Provence
airport is the second largest for freight in France,
and is open 24-hours a day. It benefits from an ideal
climate and has very competitive exploitation costs.
ROAD TRANSPORT
Marseille is linked to all of Europe between
the “Arc Rôhdanien” and the “Arc Méditerranéen”:
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the A54 motorway completes
this service between Italy and Spain; the A7 between
Lyon and Marseille; |
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the A8 between
Aix-en-Provence and Italy; the A51 links the Swiss and
German motorways. |
Transport in Provence benefits from a modern and powerful infrastructure
thanks to a dense, but uncluttered network of motorways and 4-lane
roads.
There is a total of nearly 510 km
of motorways and expressways for a territory covering 5500 square
km, which is the second largest network in France.
RAIL TRANSPORT
There are 15 rail stations for local, national
and international traffic. The region has 166 rail connected
final installations, to which 131 companies are connected.
The Miramas marshalling yard constitutes the real turntable
of the regional network: 1330 railcars are treated daily.
It is the second largest marshalling yard in France, with
14 million tons of freight per year.
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The regional rail network benefits from interconnections
with the European networks: Spain, Italy, Germany, England,
etc. Daily shuttles leave for the rest of France, and Europe,
from the harbours of Marseille and Fos.
Since June 2000, the TGV MEDITERRANEE, the new high-speed
rail line, serves Provence for passenger transport. It takes
3 hours to travel from Marseille to Paris, and 1-hour-40-minutes
to travel from Marseille to Lyon.
RIVER TRANSPORT
The river port in Arles is the largest fluvial-maritime port
on the Saône Rhône axis. It offers:
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A surface of 40 hectares in close proximity
to the port’s installations; |
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Links towards northern Europe
and the Mediterranean by the fluvial-maritime waterways; |
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A nearby motorway intersection:
A54, A7, A9, and 4-lane roads; |
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Railway connections, the Marseille-Paris line,
and travelling cranes for rail-road links. |
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