The Autonomous Port of Paris (French: "Port autonome de Paris") is a public institution of the
France
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set up in 1970. Its mission is to develop
waterway
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traffic and port activity by creating, maintaining and handling the commercial operation of 70 sites in
Ile-de-France.
It is the second largest inland port in Europe after
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...
.
References
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Ports and harbours of France
Autonomous and independent ports
1970 establishments in France