5 reasons why choosing Le Havre
The strength of France's largest port for foreign trade and container traffic
- Connections to more than 600 ports, via 75 regular shipping lines
- The first port of call for imports in Europe, best transit time between Europe and the rest of the world
- Shanghai – Le Havre : 28 days
- New York – Le Havre : 6 days
- Abidjan – Le Havre : 11 days
- Efficient access and transit in the port
- Accessible 24/7 all year round, even for the largest ships
- Average time required for docking: 1 hr 32 mins
- Average access time from the highways to containers terminals: 9 mins 50
- Expertise in specific traffic types
- 900 exceptional loads in 2015, 13 heavy lift berths in the port of Le Havre (35 along the Seine Valley), able to handle up to 3,000 T
- Controlled temperatures: 1st reefer port in France, 550,000 m3 of storage capacity from -26° to 15°C
- No. 1 French hub for import and export of new vehicles, with 300,000 vehicles in 2015 and 5 specialist berths for RoRo ships
Local expertise in logistics
- Nearly 2 million sqm of warehouses
- Available real estate near the transport networks
- 600 businesses – 17,000 professionals
- Skills and know-how in port, added value and industrial logistics
- Qualified workforce thanks to a range of training courses from CAP (NVQ equivalent) to engineering diploma
- L’Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Logistiques (ISEL), one of the five schools in France delivering a Logistics Engineer diploma
- Organisations specialised in Transport & Logistics training such as CCI & Caux, Promotrans and AFT IFTIM
- Maritime & port : campus of Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime (ENSM) and Institut Portuaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche (IPER)
- Local experts to implement optimised and innovative logistics
- Comptoir de la Logistique, a logistics engineering training centre managed by ISEL
- CRITT Transport & Logistique, a centre for consultancy and innovation in logistics
- Nov@log, the only competitive cluster dedicated to logistics and the supply chain
Business-friendly customs procedures
- 99% of customs clearance procedures without physical inspection
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Fast customs clearance for goods, 3 mins 23 on average
- Secure system for all operators : S)One collaborative platform
- Postponed VAT payment procedure
- French customs: No. 1 in the World Bank's Doing Business classification 2019 according Cross-border business
Operating costs among the lowest of the North Europe Range
(1) Source: "Premium" rent for warehouses ≥ 5,000 m² – BNP Paribas Real Estate Research “Warehouses in Europe – Property report H1 2016”
(2) Total cost of labour (excluding apprentices) per employee in full-time equivalent, per year, for transport & logistics activities – Eurostat – NACE Rev 2
- 20 million consumers less than 300 km away, i.e. the largest consumer basin in France
- Pan-European multimodal transport network
- 130 ports connected by shortsea and 40 countries served
- More than 60 rail services a week, to 15 destinations
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500 km of waterways, more than 40 services a week
- Annual handling capacity of 300,000 TEU via the multimodal terminal
They have chosen Le Havre
Katoen Natie, Cedilec, Gefco, Challenge International, Care, Prologis, Alsei, Bolloré Logistics, Buffard, DB Schenker, DHL, EFBS Seafrigo, Sea Invest, Geodis Wilson, Atelier Picking, Orientis Gourmet, XP Log, Panalpina, Vatinel Heppner Logistique…
Key figures
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600 companies – 17,000 professionals
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Nearly 2 million sqm of warehouses
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20 million consumers less than 300 km away
Your contact
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Emmanuel Zervudacki
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