Mediterranean is an historical land for exchanges and Provence, on its heart, is a meeting and melting pot territory, the transition between West and Est. Over the centuries, merchandises, technics and ideas have been exchanged, contributing to the development and the cosmopolitan aspect of the region. Interface between North and South, located in the great markets, Provence is a major center for Europe and the Mediterranean basin.

Provence have:

- the largest port complex in France and in Southern Europe,
- the second french airport for freight,
- a river port, and dense rail,
- roads and motorways networks.
- dense rail network, the completion of the Mediterranean high speed TGV rail line, put Marseilles only three hours away from Paris.

First County for its multimodal systems air-road-rail-river-sea, Bouches du Rhône have developed well located sites to welcome distribution platforms, including large projects, on naturally flat areas.

Largest concentration of telecommunications companies in Southern Europe, Provence of new technologies consolidates this system in bringing a new dimension to material and immaterial exchanges.

Specialized sites are also being developed for logistics related to airports : freight area of the Marseilles-Provence airport, ports: Distriport in Fos-sur-Mer and Distrimar in Marseilles, river-sea transport: river port of Arles and rail-road : Clesud in Grans Miramas and Saint Martin de Crau.

The Club Provence Logistique which is just born symbolises the sector dynamism in Provence. Its objectives are to increase exchanges between logistics actors, contribute to the local development, provide a technic and economic vigil and to animate the sector.

Served by its geographical location, Provence is a complete logistic pole by its competences as by its infrastructures with an important potential of development.

An ideal geographical position:

• all the great sea transportation companies make stopovers in Marseilles-Fos,
• in the center of the intra-Mediterranean exchanges,
• a capacity of distribution platforms opened on all Europe.

The park of existing warehouses in the logistics areas of Marseilles, Vitrolles, Salon…, accomodates among others, the distribution centers and warehouses of great chargers (Carrefour, Coca Cola, Métro, Michelin) and providers (Calberson, Dentressangle, Hays, Navarro, Tibbett and Britten).

The new multimodal platforms of Clésud, Distriport and Saint-Martin-de-Crau offer several hundred acres of grounds available, with already nearly 200 000 m2 built or under construction, (in particular with programs of investors like Prologis and Logistis) and there are forecasts of nearly 250 000 m2 in the next 2 years.

A complete range in logistics services and trainings inherited from a bimillenary experience in trade and transport .

• The software "Protis" developed by the Gyptis company makes it possible to all the harbour partners to treat in real times the loads forwarded through the Port of Marseilles-Fos. This software is connected to the European customs software "SOFI", allowing the complete processing of the goods.

•All the types of bond-store and temporary importation, conditioning or assembly wharehouses are available.

•The Marseilles-Provence international airport has ultra modern cold stores for perishable foodstuffs, with inspection and certification by the veterinary services.

•Many engineering and construction companies specialized in buildings and equipment of warehouses.

•Logistics Services : international and national great names of logistics are already established in the area of Marseilles (providers, conveyors, forwarding agents.), like Daher, Gefco, SDV SCAC, TNT, Danzas, Bax Global, Giraud, and so on...
See list (non exhaustive) in the section "Companies".