With nearly 180 exhibiting companies and 325 invited decision-makers, Top Transport Marseille has marked the success of its 34th edition. This positive outcome confirms the event’s leadership amongst business gatherings, which act as genuine catalysts for opportunities for transport and logistics professionals.

14 and 15 October 2026  

On 14 and 15 October, the Palais du Pharo hosted the 34th edition of Top Transport Marseille.
​Against a challenging economic backdrop, marked by the uncertainties and tensions weighing on the transport and logistics sector, the event once again this year demonstrated its ability to bring together industry stakeholders and maintain a dynamic atmosphere for networking and business.

With nearly 180 exhibiting companies, compared with 170 at the previous edition, Top Transport has seen an increase in the number of its solution-providing partners. On the shippers’ side, 325 decision-makers were in attendance, making this edition the second-best on record since the event was launched 35 years ago.

Satisfaction was also high: 87 per cent of exhibiting partners said they were satisfied with their participation.

This year’s event also stood out for the calibre of the organisations in attendance. New clients joined the event, including leading companies and particularly high-calibre projects, amongst which were AMORINO, CHARLES & ALICE, COLAS, DANONE, ELECTROLUX LOGISTICS, GROUPE MOBIVIA, HEINEKEN, SESSUN, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY and UNILEVER. This diversity of profiles helps to create fresh opportunities for networking and enriches the exchanges between shippers and service providers.

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“Bringing together 325 decision-makers – the second-highest figure in Top Transport’s history – and seeing an increase in the number of exhibitors is a real source of satisfaction. We also welcomed new participants, including some excellent companies and high-quality projects. This bodes very well for 2027 and gives us the momentum to start preparing for the next edition straight away.”

As Jérôme Letu-Montois, director of Top Transport, points out.

 

Popular partners and highlights: 

‘Hors les Murs’ events:

This 34th edition was also marked by the success of the various events organised on the fringes of the main event. In particular, the two ‘Hors les Murs’ events, held the day before, were very well received. The tour of Teal Mobility’s hydrogen refuelling station in Fos-sur-Mer, followed by the presentation of the Port of Marseille Fos’s projects and development prospects at the Tour La Marseillaise, both elicited very positive feedback from the host partners.

Conferences and round-table discussions:

The conferences and round-table discussions provided an opportunity to explore the major transformations taking place within the sector. Decarbonisation of road transport, the development of river freight flows along the Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône corridor, structural changes in the sector, fleet electrification and multimodality: these were all topics that engaged the trade organisations and expert partners of the event, including the AUTF, the FNTR and the CNA.

The student hackathon organised with the AETL:

Another much-appreciated highlight was the student hackathon organised with the AETL. This new collaboration gave rise to some particularly interesting proposals and avenues for reflection, which were praised by the association’s representatives. This initiative illustrates Top Transport’s commitment to fostering exchanges between today’s professionals and the talents of tomorrow.

They say: 

  • Teal Mobility
    "This event, co-organised with Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility on the eve of Top Transport, enabled us to bring together 50 stakeholders from the transport sector at our hydrogen refuelling station in Marseille-Fos and to give them a hands-on introduction to hydrogen mobility, through a presentation of vehicles and a refuelling demonstration. For TEAL Mobility, this was an opportunity to demonstrate that hydrogen mobility is already an operational solution, not only in the Sud region of France but also more broadly across Europe, whilst engaging directly with transport professionals to discuss their needs and the challenges associated with its roll-out."
    Isabelle Drevon, Business Developer TEAL Mobility
  • Marseille Fos
    "Our partnership with Comexposium enables us to bring shippers together, in the run-up to the Top Transport trade fair, for an event that is now well established. Once again this year, many of them accepted the invitation, thereby confirming the value of this informal format, which is conducive to discussion. The meetings with the development management teams from the Port of Marseille Fos and the port community were particularly fruitful and yielded concrete opportunities."
    Frédérique MARINO, General Secretariat of the Port of Marseille Fos
  • AETL
    "Organiser l'InterSchool Transport Challenge by AETL au cœur de Top Transport Marseille a été une formidable expérience humaine. Réunir 55 étudiants, des dirigeants et des experts du secteur autour des enjeux du transport et de la logistique a permis de créer des échanges riches et inspirants. Un événement dans l'événement, qui démontre toute la valeur du rapprochement entre les jeunes talents et les professionnels du secteur. Un grand merci à Jérôme Letu Montois et à toute son équipe pour leur confiance, leur accueil et leur accompagnement dans la réalisation de ce projet ambitieux"
    Olivier Weitig, President of the AETL

Let’s look forward to an ambitious 35th anniversary edition!

Building on this success, Top Transport now intends to look to the future. The next edition, which will mark the event’s 35th anniversary, will take place on 13 and 14 October 2027 at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille. For this anniversary edition, the director aims to refresh the key highlights, strengthen partnerships and offer new, inspiring content that is directly in tune with the major changes taking place in the sector. The aim is to support the transformations taking place in transport and logistics and, together with partners and trade organisations, to initiate a collective discussion on the challenges of tomorrow.
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Another event to add to your diaries straight away is the second edition of Top Transport Saint-Malo, which will take place on 9 and 10 June 2027 at the Quai St-Malo and the Palais du Grand Large.

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