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With 75 regular services to about 500 ports, the number one French port for external trade represents an exceptional opening onto the world and a unique industrial and logistic development tool.
 
 

Number one French port for container traffic flow
Number one French port for international trade
Number one French port for general cargo
Number one French port for roll-on/roll-off services
Number one French port for crude oil import
Number five European port

 

 

At the gateway to Europe, Le Havre benefits from an exceptional geographic situation, ideal to ensure efficient pan-European logistics and to save time and money.

For import, goods transiting through Le Havre can already be delivered to the main distribution centers while the ship has only just reached Antwerp or Rotterdam!
Last port of the North-West European range for export, it gives 2 additional days to prepare the goods with respect to North ports before any transoceanic crossing.

 
 
  A top-of-the-range quality of service,
  Outstanding nautical conditions,
  Deep-water port with day and night access for the largest container carriers (8,000 TEUs and more),
  Modern terminals operated by efficient and reliable private companies,
  A fully-computerized management of port operations, flow accelerator,
  A fully-secure port environment,
  A well-served hinterland (320 million inhabitants).
 
Total traffic flow:
77 million tons
Container traffic flow:
2.2 million TEUs* (+12.8 %)
60% of national container traffic flow
Roll-on/roll-off services:
472,000 vehicles
About 7,500 vessel calls
*Twenty feet equivalent unit
 

Faced with the constant and sustained growth of its container traffic flow and with the major port and logistics problems of today and tomorrow, the port of Le Havre anticipates these challenges and is initiating significant investments in infrastructure, appropriate to its ambitions.

As a national project of major public interest (refer to statement of President Jacques Chirac when he came to Le Havre in 1995), the Port 2000 Program perfectly illustrates the way the port of Le Havre is able to adapt and evolve, for the good of its customers. More details...

 
Jean-Marc LACAVE - General Manager of Grand Port Maritime du Havre
"A deep-water port benefiting from outstanding nautical conditions and from a strategic geographic situation at the entry to the West maritime shore of Europe, Le Havre ensures the fastest transportation times for maritime exchanges with other continents.
As the first European port for import and the last for export in the regular maritime services, Le Havre allows fast and fluid connections with the principal trading places of Europe.
A multi-purpose port, Le Havre has modern equipment and appropriate services, operated by experienced professionals. It benefits from new infrastructure capacities meeting the requirements generated by the developments of international commerce. Another advantage for the port of Le Havre is its shipping community which is thoroughly involved in the new challenges that the major ports will have to face."
 
 
An hinterland with 320 million inhabitants
A quick and reliable pan-European railway network, projects to create an express freight corridor...
A complete and fluid motorway network, far from the traffic congestions of the North of Europe
Large-scale river servicing in full expansion to Paris and soon to the North of Europe
A network of regular feeder lines to numerous European ports
A dynamic airport and direct proximity to Roissy and Orly major hubs
More details...
 
 

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Grand Port Maritime du Havre
www.havre-port.fr

Port and Maritime Union
www.umep.org

Terminaux de Normandie (Port Handling)
www.t-n.fr
Générale de Manutention Portuaire (Port Handling)
www.gmportuaire.fr
Compagnie Nouvelle de Manutention Portuaire (Port Handling)
cnmp-adm@cnm-groupe.com
 
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Le Havre Développement - Centre Havrais de Commerce International
182, quai George V - 76600 Le Havre
Tél. 33 (0)2 32 74 00 20 - Fax 33 (0)2 32 74 00 29
Email : lhd@havre-developpement.com