Voies navigables de France

VNF conducts and manages more than 10,000 works to maintain and modernise the French waterway network, ensuring navigability and safety.

VNF finely manages water resources along its network, balancing ecological, industrial, agricultural and domestic uses while protecting the environment.

VNF operates and regulates river tourism activities including pleasure toll collection, sale of pleasure boat stickers, and provision of tourist products such as sightseeing boats.

VNF supports freight transport on waterways through services such as the Modal Shift Assistance Plan (PARM), freight toll regularisation and logistics mapping.

VNF offers port services across multiple basins, including river port access, traffic coordination, and port concessions management.

VNF provides digital navigation aids such as ECDIS electronic charts, river route calculation, and navigation timetables for safe passage.

VNF operates terminals that supply water and electricity to river carriers on the Seine axis and Nord‑Pas‑de‑Calais networks.

VNF offers public access to water‑related measurements via the aGHyre application and publishes regular hydraulic management reports.

VNF publishes and provides access to notices, rules and regulations for inland navigation, including the national and regional special police regulations.

Clients can calculate their hydraulic fee using VNF’s OSCAR system, which tracks port concessions and related financial obligations.