The harbor of Lorient constitutes the mouths of the rivers Blavet, Scorff and the Ter in the Atlantic Ocean. It has several port facilities, including marinas but also the infrastructure of the Lorient Submarine Base. Oriented northeast-southwest, it has an island in its center, Île Saint-Michel, and communicates with the Atlantic Ocean to the south by two passes, the Passe du Sud and the Passe de l'Ouest, separated by reefs.[1] Its northern part is more specifically called the harbor of Pen-Mané while that to the south is called the harbor of Port-Louis.[2]
Keroman fishing harbour [fr]: the second-largest fishing port in France in tonnage and first in added value. 27,000 tons per year, 3,000 direct jobs including 700 on board and 130 boats registered in the port of Lorient.[4]
Port of Kergroise: second-largest port in Brittany, 2.6 million tonnes per year (as of 2021) including petroleum products, animal feed, sand, containers.[5]
Passenger port: more than 457,500 passages per year to the islands of Groix and Belle-Île-en-Mer.[6]
Naval base: nearly 3,800 soldiers work between the arsenal, the Naval Aeronautics Base of Lann-Bihoué [fr] as well as the staff of the maritime force of marine riflemen and commandos.
Marina: 370 pontoon berths in the port of Lorient.[7]
Larmor-Plage
Kernevel marina (1,000 berths)[8]
Locmiquélic
Marinas (Sainte-Catherine and Pen Mané)
Fishing port
Port-Louis
Marina (450 berths)
Fishing port
Gâvres
Marina (57 berths)
Wrecks
More than 350 wrecks are listed in the harbor, including that of the Isère [fr], the ship that transported the Statue of Liberty to New York.[9][10]
References
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^Cumberlidge, Peter (2022-11-18). Cruising West France: A Yachting Companion. Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-78679-466-6.
^"Carte de la Rade de Lorient Bretagne Sud à télécharger". Lorient Bretagne Sud (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Port de pêche Lorient-Keroman". www.lorient-agglo.bzh. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Lorient Agglomération: Un Territoire Portuaire" (PDF). www.lorientportcenter.com. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Lorient : une cité maritime". Gralon (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Port Lorient (56 - Morbihan) - Informations maritimes sur le port de plaisance". bateaux.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Le Port du Kernével". www.ports-paysdelorient.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Histoires d'épaves". Le Télégramme (in French). 2005-07-18. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^"Les 350 épaves du Pays de Lorient". Le Parisien (in French). 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
