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Access

The port is easily accessible 365 days a year, 24hours a day, with support from a pilot, docking services and one or more tugboats if required.

By water :
Over 1000 cargo vessels per year.
2 records, for vessel length: 259 m.
for tonnage: 73,000 t of coal.

By land :
The European motorway network starts 8 km from the port. Access is via an expressway, which is soon to be converted to 4 lanes.

S.N.C.F. FREIGHT is available on the port to offer a full range of services. The port has a complete rail network with a double electrified track suitable for heavy traffic
In 2003, the C.N.C. container terminal comes into operation in the port area.

1000 t gauge motorised barges give nearly 600 km of access to Lyon and Burgundy.

For business travellers, Montpellier-Méditerranée International Airport offers over 20 daily connections to Paris and provincial cities, along with flights to Algeria, Morocco and a number of European countries (Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, etc...).
The T.G.V service to Paris takes 3hr15.