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| Haropa goes hunting clients at the Transport & Logistics China exhibition |
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 05/30/2012
Let’s conquer China: the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, grouped together in the Haropa EIG, will attend the Transport & Logistics China exhibition, which will take place from June 5th to June 7th, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
As a prelude to the exhibition, Haropa, a major logistics platform between China and Europe, will come and present its offers directly to Chinese companies, during a business event organised on Monday June 4th at the Westin Bund Centre, Shanghai. “66% of our container activity is carried out with Asia, including 34% with Greater China. In view of this, it is essential to meet face to face with our Asian partners and discuss with them the solutions we offer in terms of facilitation of the flows of goods, servicing and reliability and speed of services” states Hervé Cornède, Commercial and Marketing Manager of the Le Havre Port of Authority. All the logistics setting-up solutions developed by the three ports of HAROPA will also be presented during this exhibition.
Transport & Logistics China
Tuesday June 5 to Thursday 7, 2012
Shanghai New International Expo Centre
Hall 2 - Stand # 331
Photo: “Terminal de France” in the port of Le Havre, by Vincent Rustuel (angelssea.com)
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| Port of Fécamp: 15% traffic increase in 2011 |
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 05/24/2012
2011 was a great year for the port of Fécamp: inauguration of a dry marina of 180 moorings; communication of the first scientific results concerning the experimental immersion of artificial reefs off the coast of Etretat, these reefs housing numerous species of fish and shellfish; management of fish auctions by the Fécamp Fish Market, with an increase of 284% in trade…
As far as the commercial port is concerned, 200,500 tons of goods transited through Fécamp in 2011, i.e. an increase of 15.23% compared to 2010. In a generally tense trading climate, this increase was notably achieved thanks to the winning of new markets, such as frozen fish and metallic items, and to the increase of 45% in imports of marine aggregates and 40% in nepheline.
This dynamic momentum continues in 2012, thanks to numerous projects in progress: setting-up of the “Chantier Naval Seine-Manche” company specializing in the construction of river barges; development of the “Grand Quai” peninsula to welcome an offshore wind energy maintenance centre; pilot study for the installation of seafood-product processing premises; contacts with EDF (French Electricity Supplier) to handle the mechanical components of the Paluel power station …
In addition, the Fécamp marina has just obtained the Blue Flag certification, an eco-label highly praised by tourists and a symbol of exemplary environmental quality.
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| The APL shipping owner honours Le Havre |
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 05/21/2012
The “APL Le Havre”, fresh from the shipyards of Hyundai Heavy Industries, drew alongside the eponymous port for the first time on Monday 21st May. This giant vessel, 349 metres long and 45 metres wide, able to carry more than 10,100 containers, was welcomed at the “Terminal de France” and mobilized 4 gantry cranes for unloading and loading.
The “APL Le Havre” directly connects the Asian ports of Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian and Singapore with Le Havre, the French facility being the first port of call in Europe. “This state-of-the-art vessel will provide regular service, keeping Le Havre as the first inbound European port called at from Asia, which shows the permanent will of APL and its partners to give a favourable position to Le Havre among major European ports”, said Mr. Bernard Mazuel, General Manager of APL France. It will be followed a week later by its sister ship, the “APL Southampton”, which will also make its inaugural call in the Seine bay.
With 800 reefer plugs, the “APL Le Havre” has the necessary equipment to carry temperature-controlled goods, particularly for the transit of processed foodstuffs. This new generation vessel also meets the highest environmental standards, with numerous innovations made within the framework of the Environmental Shipping Index (ESI) standards to improve its energy efficiency, and with functionalities aiming at preserving the marine ecosystem: ballast water treatment system preventing propagation of invasive aquatic species, double hull protection of fuel oil tanks…
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| A great boost for Port 2000 river servicing |
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 04/13/2012
While the works on the multimodal terminal have started this year, the river traffic to the port of Le Havre is increasing significantly: in 2011, it represented 192,000 TEUs, i.e. an increase of 14% with respect to 2010. Currently, one container out of five destined for the Paris region market passes through the Seine river.
Since the inauguration of Port 2000 and its container terminals able to welcome “giants” of the seas, significant efforts have been undertaken by port stakeholders to diversify overland pre-and post-carriage services via high-volume transportation. Right from the outset, the SAITH joint company (Société d’Aménagement des Interfaces Terrestres du Havre, a Development Company for Le Havre Inland Interfaces) has been proposing several daily rail shuttles between its dedicated river terminal located “quai de l’Europe” and Port 2000 terminals. This offer is complemented by automotive barges using the “North track”, linking Port 2000 to the historical port via dikes: Smack (operated by RSC), Oural and Euroports (CFT for Logiseine).
The “South track” - via the Seine estuary – has been recently set up by Fluviofeeder, a company of the Marfret group, to connect the terminals of Le Havre and Rouen with the Serenada ship (two round trips per week).
Since last summer, the river companies operating within the Seine bay have been offering new services from the port of Le Havre, multiplying by four Port 2000 river servicing potential, which has reached a global capacity of 3,700 TEUs / week.
New regulations rationalise the technical and meteorological conditions applicable to inland water transport. A major improvement is the adaptation of nautical constraints of passage by the “North track” to Port 2000. This information is provided by the Le Havre Port of Authority (GPMH) via the SIMBAD decision-making and information tool. They can be consulted in real time on the portal and associated voice server. At present, this access to Port 2000 is statistically available 90% of the time for river operators, as opposed to 60% previously. This development allows river companies to increase their usable time slots by 50%.
Photo: Le Havre Port of Authority
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| Renault Sandouville: the 1st robot of the future Trafic model has arrived |
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 04/13/2012
On Wednesday April, 11, the Renault Sandouville plant (Le Havre suburbs) welcomed a newcomer: Kuka. This new generation robot, which will validate the handling and welding functions during the production phase, is the 1st of the 170 units acquired by Renault to industrialise the new Trafic model in the Sandouville plant.
New-generation robots are a key element of the quality system implemented to produce the future model of the Trafic. The Sandouville plant, already praised for the quality of its production, is thus confirming its vocation to deploy its expertise and savoir-faire in the field of light commercial vehicles.
Europe’s leading producer of LCVs since 1998, Renault is investing € 230 million in the assembly plant of the Le Havre port industrial area, which will produce the future Renault Trafic model from 2014, together with the H2 high-roof version of the Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro.
Production capacity of this new van at Sandouville is expected to reach 100,000 units a year, once all the versions have been launched.
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| Le Havre Développement and the Seine Estuary on course for offshore wind energy |
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 04/02/2012
From April 16 to 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the development agency will highlight the advantages of the Le Havre region at the EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) exhibition. During this essential gathering of European wind industry professionals, Le Havre Développement will especially promote the skills and expertise of its local businesses to meet the sector’s specific needs: industry, logistics, maintenance, R&D…
Among its various actions carried out to foster the setting up of maintenance, logistics and industrial platforms in the region of Le Havre, Le Havre Développement has been conducting working groups with local companies since 2010, in order to enable them to successfully position themselves in this emerging industry, a genuine source of business diversification.
With this aim in mind, Le Havre Développement will be accompanied by the companies Fouré Lagadec (boiler works – industrial maintenance) and G-Tec (geophysical engineering), both set up in Le Havre, and by the association WIN (Wind Innovation in Normandy).
The EWEA 2012 Edition is set to be particularly bubbling with excitement in anticipation of the French government’s expected announcement, mid-April, of the results of its call for bids, thus naming the companies awarded the contracts for the five offshore farms planned.
In order to exploit this opportunity and to maximise the visibility and attractiveness of French companies, the France Pavilion, run by Ubifrance, the French agency for international business development, will hold a “Special France” cocktail party on April 18, 2012, in partnership with France Energie Eolienne and Windustry France.
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| Offshore wind power: the GDF Suez / Areva / Vinci / CDC Infrastructure consortium backs its industrial project |
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 03/26/2012
A highly symbolic visit, just a few weeks before the results of the French government’s call for bids are announced: Gérard Mestrallet, GDF Suez Chairman and CEO, Xavier Huillard, Vinci Chairman and CEO, Jean Bensaïd, CDC Infrastructure CEO and Luc Oursel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Areva, visited Normandy on March 26 to back their project of production and installation of offshore wind farms off the coasts of Dieppe – Le Tréport, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer.
First stop on the tour of Upper-Normandy: Le Havre, where the chairmen presented the potential for regional employment, should the consortium they form win the contract bid for the three Normandy farms. This project represents 6,000 direct and indirect jobs during the construction phase, points out Gérard Mestrallet. 10% of these jobs will be offered to long-term unemployed people. “It is a considerable investment in terms of employment integration”, explains the chairman of the leading wind power producer in France.
Areva plans to set up two industrial sites in the port of Le Havre, one for blade manufacturing and the other for nacelle assembly, i.e. 700 potential jobs. An integrated test bench will enable testing and adjusting of the wind turbines on-site before their installation offshore.
Xavier Huillard took advantage of the occasion to announce the building of a plant on the quai de Bougainville to produce the concrete foundations for the Courseulles-sur-Mer farm, representing about 500 jobs. Metal foundations are expected to be favoured for the other farms, and would be manufactured by local SMBs specialising in metallurgy. “Through local field work, we have been able to identify 300 companies, all activities included, which could work for us as service providers.”
On this occasion, the consortium recalled the fact that their technology has already proven itself in the Alpha Ventus wind farm (Germany). “We are the only consortium to benefit from experience feedback,” emphasizes Luc Oursel, “we are 8 years ahead”. An advantage which limits the financial risks, when you consider that a wind farm amounts to an investment of € 2.5 to 3 billion.
The four chairmen then went to the quai Joannes Couvert, where the Areva industrial platforms are to be set up. The tour then continued toward Fécamp and Dieppe to detail employment potential in terms of wind farm maintenance.
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