LE VERDON
Terminal

The Le Verdon terminal is a major deepwater port (12.5 metres draft) with vast amounts of land available at quayside and a 12,000m² hangar. Specialising in the transportation of containers, the port also handles heavy lift cargo of all varieties and serves as an anchoring point for large cruise ships. This terminal, through which more than 200,000 tonnes of cargo is transported each year, also has 3 quayside berths, two container gantries and a roll-on/roll-off ramp. A rail network also directly links the port terminal to the Bordeaux metro area. Le Verdon also boasts the South West Europe Container Terminal (TCSO), an upgraded terminal that offers simplified customs procedures and strategic tax advantages.

PAUILLAC
TERMINAL

This terminal on the left bank, which has several units reserved for oil tankers, is also the principal regional logistical centre for Airbus, handling transportation of A380 components. Arriving by sea from France, England, Germany and Spain, these components are then transferred to specially-fitted barges which take them on to Langon. The convoys then continue to Toulouse by road. Nearly 710,000 tonnes of cargo are shipped each year from the Pauillac site.

BLAYE
TERMINAL

With a circulation of close to 300,000 tons of cargo per year, the site at Blaye is dedicated to the trade of bulk liquids, but also cereal exports.

Ambès
TERMINAL

Located at the confluence of the Dordogne and the Garonne, the Ambès terminal is equipped primarily for the transit and storage of hydrocarbons and chemical products. Nearly 4 million tons per year (half of the port’s trade) pass through the terminal (petrol, diesel oil, domestic fuel, fuel oils, crude oils ...), making Ambès the most important hydrocarbon hub in the South West.

GRATTEQUINA
TERMINAL

Located close to central Bordeaux, the Grattequina terminal has a versatile high-capacity wharf for handling construction materials (aggregates), in an area where such materials are in high demand. Grattequina can also handle oversized cargo, to serve the logistics needs of regional businesses, in particular the Blanquefort Ecoparc business park. The terminal has a 6-hectare site pre-equipped to accommodate logistics and industrial facilities.

BASSENS TERMINAL

Located on the right bank, the Bassens terminal handles most of the goods which pass through the port. It is a major logistical hub at the centre of a large industrial port zone. With over 3km of quaysides, the site's activities are varied: recycling, cereals, oilseeds, industrial bulk, containers, forest products, heavy parcels ... Companies located in the Bassens area continue to invest in this major development hub, which accounts for over a third of the port’s total traffic (more than 3.2 million tons per year). The Bassens site also has a direct rail link.

BORDEAUX TERMINAL

The central Bordeaux terminal, the Port of the Moon is now fully reserved for cruise ships. Bordeaux is one of the few European ports of call allowing cruise ships up to 255 m to dock in the very centre of a historic city on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Two other terminals can also accommodate cruise ships: Bassens and Le Verdon.