Transportation: France

1. Water Transportation
a.  France has many, many seaports.  Such ports border the Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Biscay,  the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea. France currently has 162 merchant marine, which is a measure of the number of ships carrying goods or all commercial vessels.  This currently ranks France 36th among other nations.
b.  I was not able to find a list of France's biggest seaport, but I was able to find a list of the "major" seaports.  Marseille is on the Mediterranean Sea, Bordeaux, Nantes and Brest are on the Atlantic Ocean, and Cherbourg, Le Havre and Dunkerque are on the English Channel.

2. Land Transportation
a. Freight transport has declined since the early 80s.  Most of the railways today are passenger railways.  Not much of France's transportation of goods is done by railway anymore.
b. France has about 30,000 km of railway for passenger trains.  In 2006, it was estimated that the number of passengers to ride along the railway was a little over a million.  France currently ranks 9th among nations in total railways.
c.  France has 951,000 km of roadways with approximately 11,100 km of expressway.  This currently ranks France 8th among nations in total roadways.

3.  Air Transportation
a.  The majority of international flights will arrive/depart from the major cities in France.  A few of these major cities include Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Nice.  It is very common that once you reach France by air, all other travel will be done by train.
b.  Other airports include airports in Caen, Rennes, Toulon and Agen among many others.  France has a total of 473 airports, which currently ranks France 17th among other nations in the number of airports.