Bordeaux Port
The Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux has the status of a major seaport; it is the result of the transformation of the Autonomous Port of Bordeaux. It is a public establishment, which carries out both administrative public service missions and industrial and commercial public service missions and is managed as a public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature (EPIC) under the supervision of the State by the General Directorate for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea2 of the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Its facilities stretch along the Gironde River for 100 kilometres and cover approximately 1,500 hectares.
The autonomous port of Bordeaux was established by a decree of 13 November 1924. Following the 1965 reform, it was governed by Decree No. 65-939 of 8 November 1965. A new reform led to its transformation into a major maritime port on 9 October 2008.
Administration
The Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux is administered by a three-member board. A supervisory board is responsible for monitoring the board. It includes representatives of the State, local authorities such as the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Gironde department, Bordeaux Métropole and the city of Bordeaux.
Port activity
Port activity is spread over six main sites:
At the mouth of the estuary, the Verdon site;
Pauillac ;
Blaye ;
Bec d'Ambès ;
Bassens ;
and finally Bordeaux itself with the Port of the Moon, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.
In 2010, 50% of the traffic of the port of Bordeaux is made up of energy liquids. Bulk solids accounted for 30%, with general cargo and non-oil liquid bulk accounting for the remaining 20%.
In 2011, the port handled a total of 8.38 million tonnes of goods, making it the 7th largest commercial port in Metropolitan France.
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