5 reasons to choose Le Havre
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An outstanding geographic location, very close to offshore windpower and tidal projects
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Major contractors in the sector
- Adapted harbour infrastructures and sites
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A cutting-edge industrial and logistics hub with diversified know-how
- Favourable environment for R&D
An outstanding geographic location
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Offshore windpower: 8 projects for wind farms in a radius of 200 nautical miles
- Tidal: in a radius of 300 km from the world's first farm connected to the network and pilot marine energy farms
Major contractors in the sector
- Adwen:
industrial complex for building 8 MW wind turbines (2020), including a blade manufacturing and a nacelle assembly plants, a test rig for turbines, and a pool of suppliers for the manufacture of bearings, gear boxes, generators and mast components
- Eoliennes Offshore des Hautes Falaises (EDF Energies Nouvelles – Enbridge – wpd Offshore): construction of concrete foundations for the wind farm of Fécamp and maintenance centre for the farm
Adapted harbour infrastructures and sites
- Port of Le Havre, solid experience in industrial logistics
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Access 24/7 with no constraints of tide, draught or freeboard
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Marine and waterway berths
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Rail branch lines and waterway connections
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Easy road access for abnormally large loads
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900 heavy loads / industrial projects handled per year
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Adapted infrastructures: wide-gauge waterway, up to 3,000 tonnes, 13 berths and jacking tools
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Port of Fécamp, a port of human scale for maintenance activities
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Direct access to the sea
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Storage areas
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Quays for maintenance vessels
- Specialist lifting capacities
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A cutting-edge industrial and logistics hub
- 31,000 jobs in the Industrial Port Zone of Le Havre
- Perfect integration within port and logistics infrastructures
- Diversified industrial know-how
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electrical engineering,
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marine paintwork,
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maintenance,
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metallurgy,
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civil engineering,
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composite materials, etc
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- Qualified workforce, with specialist professional experience based on a strong industrial tradition
Favourable environment for R&D
- Energies Normandie: strong involvement in the regional sector
- Ceveo: an R&D centre dedicated to windpower, with Le Havre University as one of its partners
- Many applied research centres (composite materials, waves in complex media, electrical engineering and automation systems, etc)
- 11,000 people working in R&D in Normandy
They have chosen Le Havre
Adwen, Eoliennes offshore des Hautes Falaises (EDF Energies Nouvelles – Enbridge – wpd offshore)
Key figures
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8 projects for wind farms in a radius of 200 nautical miles
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Fécamp, one of the first French offshore wind park
- 31,000 jobs in the Industrial Port Zone of Le Havre
Your contact
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Michaël Hidrio Industrial business developper +33 (0)2 76 40 23 26 – +33 (0)6 59 68 09 62 |