Port du Havre
| Port du Havre | |||
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| owner | City of Le Havre | ||
| operator | HAROPA | ||
| opening | 1517 | ||
| Port type | Tidal port | ||
| Throughput | 72.71 million t | ||
| Container (TEU) | 2.88 million TEU ( as of 2017 ) | ||
| website | www.havre-port.fr | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Le Havre | ||
| republic | France | ||
| Country | France | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 28 ′ 14 " N , 0 ° 9 ′ 25" E | ||
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The Port du Havre in the city of Le Havre on the English Channel is the second largest port in France after Marseille Europort . The seaport is in Normandy in the Seine-Maritime department . Erected in 1517 under King Francis I , it is one of the oldest seaports in France. Le Havre is one of the major hubs of goods within the European Union and is measured at the container - handling 2.88 million TEUs (2017), the largest port in France and the eleventh largest in Europe. It is operated by the state authority Grand Port Maritime du Havre (formerly Port autonome du Havre ).
location
The port of Le Havre is geographically and nautically favorable: It forms “the gateway between the North Sea and the Atlantic ”. Le Havre is the first port on an important estuary on the English Channel en route to the North Sea. Le Havre is a stop for many merchant ships in liner service, as it is conveniently located on the route for intercontinental trade.
Le Havre is a deep-water port (similar to the German JadeWeserPort ), so that all types of ships can call at tide all year round .
In terms of military strategy, the port was for a long time a central part of France's defense line against opponents who were able to advance far inland with their fleets via the elongated estuary of the Seine between Le Havre and Honfleur and thus reach Paris . Neighboring ports on the coast are the Rade de Cherbourg in the west and Calais in the east .
history
In 1517, King Francis I decided to build in Le Havre and thus pursued two goals: on the one hand, he wanted to create an efficient port for trade and, on the other hand, secure the important military and strategic position on the Seine. The area looked back on over 200 years of British attacks and occupations.
The port continued to develop in the early modern period and in the 18th century the merchandise diversified. Up until the French Revolution , many ships left Le Havre to take slaves in West Africa for the Caribbean and America.
In the 1960s, the Le Havre thermal power plant was built in the port area .
More recently, the port has become even more important as merchant ships have become larger and ships weighing more than 180 tons cannot pass the Seine. Therefore, their charge must in Le Havre on barges or freight cars of the railway to be reloaded. Since around 1990 the main focus has been on container handling, but also RoRo handling e.g. B. to West Africa and Saudi Arabia is carried out.
Port locations
The port district stretches 27 kilometers along the Seine. The port area covers over 10,000 hectares. The 2000 hectare nature reserve of the Seine estuary is directly adjacent .
Container port
Mainly containers are handled in Le Havre . In 2005 it was almost 2.1 million TEU and thus over 60 percent of the total containers handled in the French ports. At that time, 6965 container ships called at the port. In 2016 it was 2.52 million TEU, in 2017 it was 2.88 million TEU. In 2018 it was decided to build two new berths (11/12) for 150 million euros.
Oil port
The Antifer oil terminal is located around 30 kilometers north of Le Havre. It is suitable for super tankers with a tonnage of over 250,000 GT .
Cruise port
The port also has berths for cruise ships . In 2007, 50 cruise ships with a total of 90,000 passengers docked in Le Havre. In 2017, 386,600 cruise passengers were handled.
Marina
The port in Le Havre also has a marina close to the city with 1050 berths.
Marine port
The French Navy also has a location in Le Havre. The Chantier Augustin Normand shipyard, which is important for the navy, is also located here .
Accidents
On August 7, 1997 at 12:20 p.m. CEST a bunker tank of the oil tanker “ Katja ” leaked during the mooring maneuver. In the process, 187 tons of the heavy fuel oil in Bunker C got into the harbor basin.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Largest ports in Europe by container handling in 2017 , accessed on September 7, 2018
- ↑ A little history ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Grand Port Maritime du Havre.
- ↑ The port , Le Havre.
- ↑ Thomas Wägener: France's focus is on the hinterland . In: Hansa , issue 8/2018, pp. 80/81
