FRANCE. Transportation ship 'Ville de Bordeaux', at sea between St Nazaire and Paulliac, near Bordeaux. Airbus: Building the A380. Components of the A380 aboard the transportation ship 'Ville de Bordeaux' en route from St Nazaire and Paulliac, near Bordeaux. On arrival in Paulliac the parts will be loaded onto the transportation barge 'Brion', which takes the separate components of the A380 up the Garonne River to Langon, where they are offloaded again to meet road transportation to Toulouse. March 2005.