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As the number one French port for external trade, Le Havre benefits from an exceptional opening onto the world. Privileged gateway to Europe on the Atlantic shore, Le Havre region is fitted with a constantly developing reliable multimodal communication network and benefits from particularly attractive setting-up conditions which have already appealed to many investors. Today, Le Havre confirms its position as a European logistics center point!

 

 
Due to its location and express road, rail, river and maritime (feeders) network, the Le Havre logistics center point appears as the ideal platform to carry out logistics operations to its chosen hinterland: Europe! Without forgetting the Paris region for which Le Havre is the natural port...
 
 
With property, real estate and logistic operating costs which can be up to 30% lower than those of the main North European port logistics centers, Le Havre benefits from decisive financial advantages and allows, for any logistics specialist, precious savings in time and money.
 
  An exceptional geographic location, at the entry to Europe,
  The strength of the number one French port for containers,
  A reliable and fluid multimodal communication network,
  Very competitive logistics costs,
  Direct proximity to the Paris region.
 
250 companies
17,000 professionals
26,000 jobs linked to maritime and port activity
1.3 million m² of warehouses
40,000 m² of warehouses for rental
 530,000 m² of warehouses under development
 
 

Organization of international transports, messaging, port handling, transport of goods, storage, chartering, packing... The Le Havre companies are provided with all the skills of a reliable and efficient logistics line.

The specialists in value-added logistics also ensure all the pre-distribution operations: stripping, picking, preparation of orders, packing, labeling, compliance with standards...

 
 
Geologistics, P&O Nedlloyd Logistics, Exel, Gefco, Ziegler, Challenge International, Care, Premium Logistics, EFBS Seafrigo, Buffard, Geodis Overseas, Maersk Logistics, ABX Logistics International, SDV, Fritz Companies, Daher, Panalpina, Bax Global, Eagle, DHL, Prologis...
 
 

From forklift truck operators to logistics engineers, Le Havre proposes a full range of specialized training in all logistics operations. Fruit of a close collaboration between the professional and higher education actors and the logistics operators, these training programs provide Le Havre region companies with available and skilled labor.

International Business University, Graduate School for Logistics Studies (ISEL), Port Training and Research Institute (IPER), Port and International Transport Institute (ITIP), University Institute of Technology (IUT), CNAM center (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers), Chamber of Commerce and Industry training...

 
Investor: Prologis
M. Ranald HAHN
- General Manager
"A benchmark port, Le Havre is a high potential site with many advantages: easy access, diversity of modes of transport, density of activity, significant labor pool, low property costs and tax advantages. That is the reason why Prologis, leader in logistics real estate, has more than 5% of its French real estate holding in the Havre and why it goes on investing long-term in the region."
Carrying agent: Tang Frères
M. PRASIT
- Import-Export Manager
"When you import foods from Asia and use just-in-time methods to deliver perishable goods to Paris and its region, the choice of the port is essential. Le Havre is the ideal harbor: proximity to Paris, choice of transport modes, efficiency of local forwarding agents. Today, 85% of our containers transit through Le Havre. And Port 2000 represents a major advantage for the future…"

Logistic company: Daher International
M. Erwan LEROUX
- Logistics Department Director
"DAHER prepares and realizes high added-value logistics operations for industrialists. The site of Le Havre groups together 200 people over 40,000m² and specializes in the car industry, chemicals and aeronautics. For us, the advantages of Le Havre are a dense local industrial fabric and a shipping traffic in full development."
 
 

In constant development, Le Havre port and logistics activity will leap forward again with the commissioning, from 2006, of the first 4 berths of the Port 2000 Program.

The prospect, on completion, to triple the current traffic of containers, i.e. 6 million TEUs, will bring about a significant increase in investments and in the activity of the major national and international logistics operators. More details...

 
 

Port of Le Havre Authority
www.havre-port.fr

Port and Maritime Union
www.umep.org

Upper-Normandy Logistics Association
www.logistique-en-normandie.com

Logistics in Le Havre Portal
www.logistics-in-lehavre.com
ISEL (Graduate School for Logistics Studies)
www.univ-lehavre.fr/enseign/isel
IPER (Port Training and Research Institute)
www.iper.fr
ITIP (Port and International Transport Institute)
www.cnam.fr/instituts/itip
 
11/02/2005
Le Havre, 1st-class European logistic platform
29/03/2006
Benchmark study Le Havre - Antwerp - Rotterdam
 
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