In addition to the food industry, the industry of transportation and logistics is also a key industry in the Vaucluse.

This sector plays a vital role in the region’s economy with 430 companies and nearly 9,000 employees (source URSSAF - March 07).

First-rate location

The Vaucluse département (French administrative entity) located in the Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur (PACA) administrative region benefits from one of the highest consumer concentrations in Southern Europe with 115 million consumers. Its strategic location at a natural crossroads for major North/South transit corridors (via the A7 expressway) and its position midway between Spain and Italy (connected by the A9 expressway) both guarantee fast and reliable access for regional businesses.


A solid infrastructure for multimodal transportation

  • A dense network of motorways
  • A large number of destinations connected by air routes
  • Highly developed networks
  • River transport made possible by the Rhone river transit corridor


A pool of transport and logistics skills

Training programs in the Vaucluse offer degrees starting with the CAP French vocational training degree all the way to post-graduate degrees.

CRET-LOG (University Management Sciences Laboratory, specialising in Logistics), within the University of the Mediterranean, brings together the broadest and most diverse higher education offer in the field of logistics in France.
More than 600 students, on undergraduate or professional development courses, benefit from this network of combined skills.



Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Cluster
This regional cluster draws together players in the field of logistics within a regional cluster, in order to:

  • create a network of stakeholders in the logistics industry,
  • promote the development of tangible, innovative, shared projects to improve the competitiveness of companies

It is a facility to serve every party within the cluster,  companies & professionals, research laboratories, universities and training centres.

 

One global competitive cluster, the Secure Communications Solutions (SCS) cluster, works to develop innovative solutions based on the latest technologies applied to logistics and flow management throughout the supply chain.



Easy access: Never far from it all. Choose the Vaucluse.

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