Nantes (Port Code: FRNTE) gradually became the largest port in France and was responsible for nearly half of the 18th-century French Atlantic slave trade. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. Nantes-St Nazaire is located at the mouth of the River Loire on the west coast of France and the various terminals stretch along 60km of the Loire estuary up to Nantes. Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port is an international multimodal platform, an industrial tool for economic development and a regional developer, and plays a major role in the attractiveness of the Greater West. It is the 4th largest metropolitan port and the leading port on the French Atlantic coast. Cargo handling facilities are extensive with berths for general cargo, bulk, Ro-Ro, container, reefer, tanker and cruise vessels readily available. There are in addition, extensive ship building/repair, drydock and bunkering facilities.
With its regular maritime services to the largest European hubs and its direct shipping lines to the West Indies and the west coast of Africa, the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire connects to the whole world for the import and export of your containerized goods. Regular ro-ro traffic services are also provided with northwest Spain, the Mediterranean, northern Europe and the east coast of the United States.