Editing Transport in France (section)

== Marine transport ==
[[File:Port Havre 2.jpg|thumb|right|194x194px|Container terminal at [[Port of Le Havre]]]]

France has an extensive [[Merchant Navy|merchant marine]], including 55 ships of size [[Gross register tonnage]] 1,000 and above. The country also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in Iles Kerguelen (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).

French companies operate over 1,400 ships of which 700 are registered in France. France's 110 shipping firms employ 12,500 personnel at sea and 15,500 on shore. Each year, 305 million tonnes of goods and 15 million passengers are transported by sea. Marine transport is responsible for 72% of France's imports and exports.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120721111847/http://www.armateursdefrance.org/02_transport/01_chiffres.php?PHPSESSID=cb459a4faa2b3772afadc381db011968 Le transport maritime from Armateurs de France (in French).] Retrieved 20 February 2009.</ref>

France also boasts a number of seaports and harbours, including  [[Bayonne]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], [[Brest, Finistère|Brest]],  [[Calais]], [[Cherbourg-Octeville]], [[Dunkerque]], [[Fos-sur-Mer]], [[La Pallice]], [[Le Havre]], [[Lorient]], [[Marseille]], [[Nantes]], [[Nice]], [[Paris]], [[Port-la-Nouvelle]], [[Port-Vendres]], [[Roscoff]], [[Rouen]], [[Saint-Nazaire]], [[Saint-Malo]], [[Sète]], [[Strasbourg]] and [[Toulon]].
[[File:Gare_CDG_2.JPG|thumb|195x195px|Train station of ''Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV'']]