5 reasons why choosing Le Havre
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A logistics platform of international scale
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A strategic location, near large landfill sites
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A major industrial area
- Large-scale industrial operators and a structured waste industry
- Acknowledged expertise in terms of industrial risk management
A logistics platform of international scale
- Maritime: connections to more than 600 ports on all 5 continents, via 75 regular shipping lines
- Nearly 130 ports connected by shortsea and 40 countries served
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More than 60 rail services a week, to 15 destinations in Europe
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More than 40 waterway services a week
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200,000 TEU handled by waterway transport (2014)
- Treatment capacity of 300,000 TEU per year via the Multimodal Terminal
A strategic location, near large landfill sites
- 20 million consumers within 200 km: France's largest consumer basin in France and Europe's second
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Construction industry: direct link to related projects in Greater Paris, a landfill estimated at 30 million tonnes
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Industrial waste: the Seine Valley, foremost industrial region of France
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Household waste: more than 155,000 tonnes of municipal waste collected every year and nearly 240,000 residents (district of Le Havre)
A major industrial area
- Eligible for Regional Development Grants (industry and services "PAT") and business tax exemptions
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Networks and utilities (depending on site): Industrial water - Industrial gas - Extra High Voltage electricity (> 400 kV) - Steam - Industrial waste treatment plants - Very high speed
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Synergies between the industries and initiatives for circular economy in the Zone (waste-to-energy systems)
Large-scale industrial operators and a structured waste industry
- Presence of major operators : Veolia Propreté – Suez Environnement – SITA - Eurovia - SARP Industries - Lhotellier Ikos – Chimirec…
- Innovative operators
- Morphosis: recovery of rare metals from electronic waste (winner of the World Innovation Competition 2030)
- Osilub : re-refining of used motor oil into base oil, with a yield of 75%
- Estener: the only French factory producing biofuel from inedible animal waste
- Expertise in the treatment and recycling of household, industrial, hazardous and maritime waste, WEEE and construction waste
- RADE Club of the Seine Estuaire CCI, Estuary Waste Operators' Network (18 members)
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Professional degree in “Garbology, Study and Treatment of Waste” at Le Havre University
- Normandy: largest hub for recycling industrial waste, largest French hub for recycling used oil, largest French hub for recycling waste containing heavy metals
Acknowledged expertise in terms of industrial risk management
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Excellent control of industrial risks by local authorities
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Average time for processing and issuing prior operating permit between 8 and 12 months
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E-SecuZIP-LH, shared management of industrial risks association
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Only European port certified ISO 28000 (security)
Key figures
- 20 million consumers within 200 km
- First French region for recycling industrial waste, used oil, and waste containing heavy metals
Your contact
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Michael Hidrio Industrial development manager +33 (0)2 76 40 23 26 – +33 (0)6 59 68 09 62 |