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4
million metric tons : Since 1997 Port of Bayonne
traffic has totalled over 4 million metric tons per year (4 172 733 en 2003)
800
: The Port of Bayonne and companies set up on the site employ
some 800 people.
3000
: the estimated number of indirect jobs linked to the Port of
Bayonne activities
1000 : the number of boats that, each year, use the Port
of Bayonne
13 : this figure represents the number of professional
providers of port services that operate in the Port :
Consignees
: 5 companies provide this service
Stevedoring : 2 companies undertake this aspect of port work
Supply ships : 3 companies likely to undertake supply
Pilots –mooring –tug boats : these indispensable services are provided
by 3 companies
9
: the number of local companies set up at the
Port or using port services
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Raffinerie du Midi (hydrocarbons)
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Bayonne Manutention (fertilizers)
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Maïsica
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Chaux et Ciments Saint-Hilaire
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Silo de l’Adour (cattle-feed)
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LBC (chemical products)
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RENO (fertilizers and minerals)
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ADA (Aciérie de l’Atlantique) – metal foundry
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Total Fina ELF (sulphur)
In addition
to the companies physically present on the Port site, several dozen clients that
use the Port may be found in the south-west corner of France.
10 kms : the length of the Port of Bayonne rail network
which was constructed by the Port/CCI of Bayonne and the Basque Country and the
sub-network (ie : the rail branches directly serving company sites) was set up
by the companies concerned.
9 : the number of cranes, the most impressive of
which may be found on the Saint-Bernard site and which lifts upto 80 metric
tons.
5 : specific
to the Port of Bayonne, a team of 56 pilots works 7 days a week, 365 days a year
in order to ensure the safe entry into and exit from the Port.
There is a total of 360 pilots in France.
1
: The number of tug boat available to vessels using
the Port.
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