Activities
The port comprises seven terminals located along the Gironde estuary, Le Verdon, Pauillac, Blaye, Ambès, Parempuyre, Bassens, and Bordeaux city center (Port de la Lune). It handles a wide range of cargo, including bulk goods, containers, energy and agri-food bulk, as well as recycling materials, and also serves as a cruise port of call. The port operates as a multi-purpose facility supporting the economy of the Greater Southwest, while developing innovation and energy transition projects such as river digital twins and the Bordeaux Technoports incubator. It also addresses biodiversity issues through the protection of 1,000 hectares of wetlands. The port area includes ship maintenance, dismantling, and repair activities, plays a role in the circular economy, and forms an industrial-port zone generating over 8,620 direct jobs across 232 companies.