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VNF As a public institution created in 1991, Voies navigables de France manages, operates, improves and develops the largest European network of inland waterways. It consists of 6,200 km of canals and managed rivers, more than 3,000 structures and 40,000 hectares of public river. Its role is to provide users with the best possible quality of service and develop inland waterway activities while preserving the environment and water resources.
Its priorities:
- Manage, operate and improve inland waterways and the area assigned by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Transportation.
- Develop river transport. Increase the modal share of non-road and non-air transport from 14 to 25% by 2022(...).
- Build, as owner, the Seine-Northern Europe broad gauge canal, the flagship of the Grenelle Environnement forum (environmental conference in France) for its economic and ecological benefits
- Optimize the water management of these inland waterways.
- Support regional authorities to develop river tourism.
These activities are performed within the framework of technical work preserving the environment and natural settings. |
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PROXIMUM Transportation & Logistics is a division of PROXIMUM Group, a European leader in Transportation and Logistics business events such as Transport Logistics Meetings, EITS Transport & Logistics, VNF Meetings, River Dating, etc...
With 85,000 meetings a year and a network of over 30,000 industry customers, PROXIMUM Group is the European leader in business event organization.
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The Autonomous Port of Paris is a State public institution whose mission is to develop waterway transport of goods and passengers in the Ile-de-France region. It achieves this by developing, maintaining and operating the port facilities of Paris and the surrounding region. Today, Port of Paris is the number 1 river port in France and number 2 in Europe, with about 21 million tonnes transported by inland waterways in 2010. |
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Rouen, a multi-faceted port: the Port of Rouen is a seaport, inland waterway port, estuary port and so much more. Port of Rouen occupies a strategic position within the French port system.
It is situated right at the heart of a major agricultural region and is now Europe’s leading grain export port. Its radius of influence covers a big petrochemical industry region and petroleum-based products make a substantial part of its traffic.
Finally, the proximity of the Paris region and the dynamism and diversity of Rouen’s economic fabric have enabled the port to handle all types of goods.
The specialities of the Port of Rouen are now grain, refined petroleum products, forest and paper products, agri-food products, heavy lifts, containers for North/South destinations, etc.
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Le Havre, a major European port: The second biggest French port and fifth biggest North-European port. The leading French port for container traffic.
40% of all French crude oil passes through Le Havre terminals. As the first port of call when sailing the English Channel/North Sea route through which a quarter of the world cargo trade passes in transit, Le Havre is included in the round trips of large liner ships providing or able to provide the shortest transit-times for intercontinental trade.
As a deep-water seaport, Le Havre can accommodate all types of vessels around the clock and all year through, without any tidal constraints. Every day, about 10 container vessels operated by the worlds biggest shipping lines are received in the Port of Le Havre sailing to and from every continent.
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