Port-Vendres, rapidly changing to increase the flow "fruit and vegetables"

Redevelopment and modernization of facilities of Orchard Port-Vendres in order to increase its traffic.

Port-Vendres, CEP (Community Entry Point) is conveniently located in the logic of flows South North / South: it is the shortest and the fastest route to reach all European countries thanks to its hinterland. The port is investing to redevelop and modernize its facilities in order to increase commercial traffic and seize opportunities for development: emerging Mediterranean markets, increased demand of products against-season, price competitiveness relative to major European ports.

Investments include a high-tech crane capable of accelerating the pace and therefore rotations of cargo loaded mainly with fruits and vegetables from Africa. And the modernization of a dock that will strengthen the port as a stopover which counts in the Mediterranean, for the fruiterer, with more than 300 000 tons of freight on average in recent years. Intermodality provided with road and railway, commercial and logistical springboard to markets in northern Europe.

source : saint charles international