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HAROPA

HAROPA PORT is the merging of the three ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris: the Seine axis Major River & Sea Port. It represents the fifth ranked port in Northern Europe, but also the largest port for foreign trade in France. There are nearly 650 ports of calls worldwide and 6,000 stopovers per year in Le Havre. It is a heavyweight in European port activity.

River access channel to Port 2000 gets green light

Rouen, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – On March 29, the Administrative Court of Rouen rejected an application to suspend work on the river access...

EFIP members discuss developing inland ports

Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Today, EFIP members met in Paris for their annual General Assembly meeting. It was hosted by HAROPA PORT...

French ports: 3.2% less cargo and 13.4% fewer containers in 2023

Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – French ports that reported their cargo figures for 2023 show a decline of around 5%. On the container...

Work starts on electrification of Le Havre Cruise Terminal

Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – Last week, work started on the electrification of Le Havre Cruise Terminal. Also, known as cold...

VINCI wins contract from HAROPA for power work in Le Havre

Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 2, 2024 – A consortium of VINCI Energies and VINCI Construction subsidiaries has won a contract to deliver a...

HAROPA cargo traffic down -4.5% in 2023

Paris, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – The HAROPA ports handled 81.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, down -4.5% on the previous 12 months....

Urban Logistics Solutions selected for HAROPA projects

Paris, France (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – In June 2022, the urban district authorities of Greater Paris, Rouen/Normandy and Le Havre, alongside...

IAPH announces management appointments

Tokyo, Japan (PortSEurope) November 5, 2023 – nted President of IAPH for the next two years. He succeeds Captain K. Subranamiam, General Manager of Port...

GMP orders four more hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar

Le Havre, France (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) in Le Havre has ordered with four more hybrid straddle...

HAROPA PORT to develop a new multimodal platform

Paris, France (PortSEurope) September 28, 2023 – HAROPA PORT has announced that it is developing the port of Bruyères-sur-Oise to create a new...

HAROPA: Review of 1st half-year to 2023: recovery underway

In a general context of decline of french and european ports, HAROPA PORT recorded a drop in maritime traffic in the first half-year but maintained its market...

France reports Q1 2023 cargo traffic down -6.9%

Paris, France (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, total cargo traffic passing through the main French ports in mainland France...

TiL MSC orders 9 gantry cranes for Le Havre port

Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – TiL MSC has ordered nine new electric gantry cranes for its TPO/TNMSC container terminals in the Port of...

HAROPA PORT and Port of Montreal renew cooperation

Paris, France (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Six years after signing an initial cooperation agreement, the Port of Montreal and HAROPA PORT have renewed of...

HAROPA PORT launches new Port Community System in Rouen

Rouen, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – HAROPA PORT has developed and launched a new Port Community System (PCS), called DrakHAR. The solution...

French seaports see cargo traffic increase of over 5% in 2022

Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – In the fourth quarter of 2022, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports fell by 2.4% compared to the...

HAROPA PORT: Still on a positive trajectory, France’s leading port continues to grow and invest

Press release – Still on a positive trajectory – France’s leading port continues to grow and invest – Le Havre (France) 16 January 2023 In...

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