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2 July 2015
Sea and river transport:
Solutions for climate
Contents
 HAROPA elected « Best green seaport »
 The environment, at the heart of HAROPA strategy
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1 line: HAROPA, the promoter of virtuous logistics solutions
Modal transfer: right and reason!
Sustainably helping our customers set up industrial and logistics projects
Encouraging the stakeholders involved in maritime and river transport
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2 line: on-going efforts to reduce the impact of our activities
Environment-friendly management of industrial areas
A strong certification policy
Controlled and limited impacts
HAROPA : a special reception area for innovative industries
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3 line: integrating ports into their natural and urban environment
Ports: shared natural areas to preserve
A city-port interface which is permanently boosted
An approach based on constant dialogue
 HAROPA, a partner of SOLUTIONS COP21 and the mouthpiece for the Climate Solutions of the transport
and logistics sector
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HAROPA elected for the first time “Best Green Seaport“
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On June 24 , 2015, the stakeholders of the supply chain in the Asia-Pacific Zone appointed HAROPA « Best Green Seaport » in
the world. 18,000 Asian shipping and logistics professionals have thus recognized the environmental commitment of the
three ports of the river Seine corridor.
After the American port of Long Beach in 2014, 18,000 readers of the Cargonews Asia magazine, the leader of the professional
press in Asia, have elected HAROPA – the grouping of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris- « Best Green Seaport » ahead of
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Hamburg and Singapore. The prize was awarded on June 24 , in Hong Kong by Alaina Shum, General Manager, Aviation Logistics
– Hong Kong International Airport.
« This international trophy marks the recognition by our Asian partners of our whole environmental policy, said Nicolas Occis,
President of HAROPA. It proves that we can be at the same time the leading French port complex and ensure respectful
development of our territories and ecosystems».
International recognition
This is the first time that a European port is elected in this category. Through the « Best Green Seaport », importers-exporters,
logisticians, freight forwarders and other Asian shipping companies greet the quality of the environmental initiatives boosted by
HAROPA. The environmental commitment of HAROPA turns around two essential axes: developing consolidated modes and
multimodality, on the one hand, and encouraging effective initiatives in terms of fight against global warming, on the other
hand.
HAROPA, on the way to the COP 21 Conference
HAROPA, a founding partner of SOLUTIONS COP 21 grouping together the economic and civil society stakeholders committed in
COP 21, collects all over the year the Climate Solutions devised in the sector of transport and logistics along the Seine corridor.
21 initiatives worked out by companies, institutions, research centers, local authorities and associations to fight against climate
changes shall be selected and enhanced during the United Nations Conference on Climate which will be held in December in
Paris.
Hervé CORNEDE, HAROPA Commercial and Marketing Director,
Being awarded the prize ”Best Green Seaport“ in the world (24 June, Hong Kong).
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More details on www.asiacargonews.com
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The environment, a central focus for HAROPA strategy
If the river Seine area, a link between Paris and its sea board, has a significant commercial, tourist, heritage, culture and
industrial potential, it also focuses environmental stakes, especially in the Seine estuary. This green corridor is an indispensable
element to the smooth running of the European eco-systems and especially the wetlands distributed on both banks of the river.
Then, reconciling economic development and the environment is a major stake for HAROPA ports.
In order to pool good practices and efficiently share the returns of experience, an Environment Business Club has been set up,
with environmental experts from the three ports. A structural innovation enabled by the grouping together of the ports of
Rouen, Le Havre and Paris under the common banner of HAROPA.
Each port marketplace has its specific features, both owing to its history and natural environment. For example, the Port of Le
Havre, an estuary port, is located in a very sensitive environmental zone. The Port of Rouen, a seaport being situated for the
most part 80 km away from the sea, is an estuary port, having part of its terminals in the Rouen area located in interface with
the city. A characteristic which requires considering in a systematic way the impacts of port activities on neighbouring
populations.
Reconciling port activities and environmental management in a spirit of sustainable development
Favouring the acceptability of industrial and port activities by neighbouring populations is an issue which also involves Ports of
Paris, a body made up of 60 city ports and 6 multimodal platforms in the Paris area (Ile-de-France).
The environmental management system of Ports of Paris includes 253 actions distributed into four main points:
Integrating ports in their natural habitat
Controlling their environmental impact
The quality management system
The ISO 14 001 certification
The environmental policy of Ports of Paris also implies promoting river transport, a mode which allows « soft » and consolidated
logistics, able to reduce polluting discharge into the air.
 A river convoy equals 250 fewer trucks on the roads.
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1st line: HAROPA, the promoter of virtuous logistics solutions
The transport sector is responsible for 27% of greenhouse gas emissions in France. The role of a port system is to help to make it
freight transport faster, cheaper, and also less polluting.
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The modal shift: right and reason!
HAROPA benefits by an outstanding geographic location in terms of energy efficiency
As the first port for imports on the north-European range and the last port of call for exports, HAROPA offers competitive
transit-times and transport solutions that are automatically less polluting than its competitors. As a seaport on an estuary,
HAROPA can use the Seine corridor to serve in the best way by river the second largest consumer area in Europe.
 It is natural, efficient and virtuous to select HAROPA!
The modal shift: or how to combine ecology and economy
According to the ‘ADEME’, using combined transport provide a 35% saving of greenhouse gas emissions.
The waterway is also more efficient regarding fuels than road haulage: 1 kg of oil makes it possible to transport 83 tonnes by
river along 1 km (against 39 tonnes only by truck).
The river Seine is thus a genuine sustainable logistics asset for HAROPA.
 River transport emits 2.5 times less CO2 per tonne carried than road transport!
Environmental assessment of
freight transportation of one TEU
to GENNEVILLIERS
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Carbon emissions
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Fuel consumption
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 CO emissions divided by 5 with barge transport
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Key infrastructures at the service of sustainable development
The Multimodal Terminal of the Port of Le Havre
Delivered in June 2015 to the operating company Le Havre Terminal Exploitation (LHTE), this unique infrastructure in France will
help improve the market share of rail and inland waterways, which currently represent 15% of HAROPA container traffic.
Equipped with railway sidings, a rail yard and a river yard directly connected to shipping terminals by a system of scheduled rail
shuttles. It is an efficient means to allow the mass transport of containers and swap bodies while reducing the environmental
impact of our activities. .
Shifting to rail and river via the multimodal platform will allow saving 500,000 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to road haulage
(on the basis of traffic of 125,000 ITU/year).
The worksite of the Multimodal Terminal in Le Havre (November 2014).
‘Port Seine-Métropole Ouest’ project: for the circular economy of Greater Paris
Covering 250 acres in the Achères plain (Yvelines), this new river platform dedicated to Building and Civil works will focus on the
supply by river of building materials for the Greater Paris construction site.
Three challenges are to be taken up:
- establishing a sustainable logistics chain by waterway to bring the materials to the construction sites of Greater Paris and
return with the rubble (rubble estimated at 15 to 20 million cu. m.);
- re-developing the Achères plain in a qualitative and vegetable way;
- contributing to the economic growth of the area (creation of jobs planned on completion in the ‘Port Seine Métropole Ouest’
PSMO port: between 500 and 1,000)
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The agreement signed between the ‘Société du Grand Paris (SGP)’ and HAROPA - Ports of Paris
has led to the inclusion, into the master plan of the SGP rubble evacuation,
of four platforms of river transhipment in order to evacuate several million tonnes of waste:
l’Ile Monsieur (92), les Grésillons (92), Aubervilliers Canal (93) and les Ardoines (94).
Objectives:
100,000 fewer trucks on the roads
Saving hundreds thousands of litres of fuel
Reducing by more than a million tonnes the CO² emissions.
Improvement of the nautical accessways of the Port of Rouen : in order to respond to economic growth
The objective: to provide 1 meter of additional draught (11.30 m when the tide is ebbing and 11.70 m when the tide is rising) by
levelling the high points of the 120 km channel separating Honfleur from Rouen.
The project, of a total cost of € 175 million, entered its engineering phase in 2012.
Deepening the channel is designed to:
 accommodate in Rouen latest generation vessels of the Handymax/Supramax type ;
 reduce CO2 emissions: 30,000 fewer tonnes per year related to the consolidation of sea freight;
 sustainably manage dredging sediments, including processing towards building and civil engineering works and the back
filling process of the ballast pits for eco-friendly re-development (3.5 million m³ of processed sediments) ;
 renovate the Seine banks (the project plans 12 actions along the river Seine) ;
 create 750 direct jobs.
The increase of the sea traffic related to the project brings about an environmental saving by € 13.7 million per year
and 6.6 million litres of fuel saved.
Promoting urban logistics solutions
The urban logistics concerns the way to carry the flows of cargo entering, leaving and being carried
downtown, in the best conditions. Ports de Paris promotes the use of the waterway in city logistics in order
to reduce the carbon impact of the business.
The example of Franprix
Since 2012, the Franprix group has served its stored in the
centre of Paris via the river Seine.
An innovation of urban logistics made possible by the
cooperation of HAROPA - Ports of Paris, VNF and the Norbert
Dentressangle transport group.
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Assist on a long-term basis the industrial and logistics projects of our customers
In order to help companies and logisticians to set up in its ports within the best times and conditions, HAROPA has developed a
support and environmental advice policy. The objective: to provide contractors with ‘sustainable’ turn-key solutions.
The « PMC » doctrine: an efficient method to manage development projects
“Prevent – Mitigate – Compensate”: upstream of every project, HAROPA’s environmental teams make an assessment of the
areas impacted by the future work. The purpose is to study the fauna and flora present on the plots of land involved, prevent
them from being weakened and/or destroy them, mitigate the impacts and systematically provide compensatory solutions if the
impacts on biodiversity are proven. This doctrine was scrupulously applied by HAROPA – Port of Le Havre for the development
work on the Normandy Bridge Logistics Park 2 (PLPN2 in French) and HAROPA – Port of Rouen for the Val de Seine Upstream
Logistics Park (RVSL in French) in Grand-Couronne.
Advantage: the customers anxious to set up in our ports thus divide by four the time necessary for administrative procedures.
Our teams see to it to bring them a turn-key service, with the least unknown factors possible.
Examples of overall compensatory measures designed by HAROPA ports:
creation of wet ecological corridors
creation of ponds for batrachians
restoration and return to natural grasslands.
Developing industrial ecology approaches
As a developer, HAROPA sees to it to create approaches based on circular flows in its ports. To do so, a study to set up a crosscutting approach along the Seine corridor is initiated. The ambition is to favour the use and recycling of the industrial waste
coming from the various industrial zones of the Seine Valley.
A few examples:
SMEDAR project: heat recovery from the VESTA incinerator used to heat 10,000 housings and public equipment of
the cities of Grand-Quevilly and Petit-Quevilly ;
SARP Industries in Limay-Porcheville : production of steam owing to waste incineration and resale to EDF for its
operation;
Re-development of the ballast pit in Yville-sur-Seine: upgrading of dredging sediments by filling in the pit with
water and ecological re-development of three types of peat wetlands.
Example of ballast pit re-developed with dredging sediments.
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Encouraging the stakeholders involved in maritime and river transport
HAROPA support the environmental efforts of its partners: shipowners, freight
A commitment which includes both financial incentives and the management of innovative projects.
forwarders,
logisticians.
A founding partner of the ESI approach
The development of an « Environmental Ship Index » was initiated in 2009 by the ports in the north-European range. Since 2013,
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this initiative has been extended to include Paris and Rouen. As from January 1 , some 30 ports worldwide had jointed the ESI
and more than 3,000 merchant vessels had been scored.
The ESI approach encourages shipowners to reduce the air emissions of their ships and incites them to voluntarily go beyond
the regulatory requirements alone. HAROPA annually awards trophies to shipping companies with the highest number of
« green » calls and grants them financial rewards.
Since 2012, 610 calls have been rewarded by HAROPA. At present, it is considered to extend the ESI to river transport.
Hervé Martel, President of HAROPA (2014) during the ESI 2014 trophies ceremony
The SAFE SECA project in the Seine Bay
Early in 2014, the ports of HAROPA together with PNA (‘Ports Normands Associés’ (Associated
Ports of Normandy), the joint Authority of the port of Dieppe (‘Syndicat Mixte’) and the General
Council of the Seine-Maritime area (Ports of Fécamp and Le Tréport) initiated the SAFE SECA
process (Study for Alternative Fuels and Experiment in Seine and Channel Area) - a project
supported by the European Union through a subsidy under the Tran-European Transport Network
(TEN-T).
Objectives of the SAFE SECA project:
Identify competitive solutions that respect the environment in terms of the procurement, storage and distribution of
alternative fuels (including LNG);
Make totally safe refuelling operations possible, in their ports.
The modal shift, at the heart of a system of financial incentives
HAROPA - Port du Havre: a discount on the State-owned land fee is granted to the operators who favour the modal shift
towards rail or waterway transport. The incentive can reach 30 % of the total amount of the fee. Two terminal operators have
already joined the scheme.
HAROPA - Ports de Paris: companies transferring all or part of their logistics to an alternative mode of transport benefit from a
discount on their rent. This inventive to modal shift accounted for around € 9 million euro in 2014.
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2nd line: on-going efforts to reduce the impact of our activities
Protecting the environment also requires proactive approaches incorporating environmental issues at every stage of our
activities. To achieve this aim, the ports of HAROPA make use of recognized expertise and effective industrial planning tools.
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Our ability to manage industrial areas while respecting the environment
Tools for a forward-looking approach to local area management
Our ports set up various tools of area forward planning (SDPN, SRADDT, SODD, etc.). These are documents fixing the main
directions in terms of sustainable development. These schemes show all the aspirations of the local development stakeholders.
HAROPA - Port of Le Havre: the Port and Nature Development Scheme (SDPN for ‘Schéma de Développement du
Port et de la Nature’)
HAROPA - Port of Rouen: the Regional Planning Schemes (SRADDT for Schémas Régionaux d’Aménagement
Durable du Territoire)
HAROPA - Ports of Paris: the Port Development Schemes for the Ile-De-France region and the Sustainable
Development Schemes (SODD for Schéma d’Orientation et de Développement Durable) for each multimodal
platform
Objectives: to anticipate and limit the impact of port activities, for the benefit of residents and our clients.
The Seine Estuary, the mudflats and the Normandy Bridge
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A voluntary certification policy
ISO 14001 certification for HAROPA - Ports of Paris (2013)
This international recognition illustrates the implementation of an organization designed to ensure the continuous improvement
of the environmental performance of the Ports of Paris.
Its specifically involves:
- Operation of the multimodal platform in the port of Gennevilliers (92)
- The project of creation of the ’Eco-port des 2 rives de Seine’ (78) (an eco-port on both banks of the Seine)
- The project of creation of the platform of Port Seine-Métropole Ouest (78) (Seine Metropolis West Port)
PERS certification for HAROPA - Port of Le Havre (January 2015)
Issued by the EcoPorts foundation, the PERS (Port Environmental Review System) is an environmental standard developed by the
independent auditor, Lloyd’s register.
Established on the basis of extremely strict methodology, this certification is valid for two years and helps ports ensure
continuous improvement of their environmental performance.
Toward the ISO 14001 certification for HAROPA - Port of Rouen
A study has been launched to help the Port of Rouen in its ISO 14001 certification for part of its business including:
On-shore management of dredging sediments and the backfilling process for ballast pits.
The operating process of the port platform applied to the Radicatel terminal
the Environment Department of the Port of Rouen
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Controlled and limited impacts
Mitigating our impacts: a priority for each port marketplace
Specific initiatives are designed by each of the three ports of the Seine artery in order to manage the impacts of the industrial
and port activities.
Port of Rouen
Monitoring of ship waste: to encourage the off-loading of liquid waste, the port of Rouen has borne part of the cost of
removal and treatment of the waste since 2009.
Drainage master plan: a study of gravity-flow, recirculation and rainwater pipelines launched in 2011 with the financial
support of the Water Board. It enabled to define a work schedule and monitoring and a water management mode to
monitor the impact of the industrial activities.
Cleaning of the banks of the Seine: 18 sites between Rouen and the estuary are cleaned every year;
Experimentation on the ‘Machu’ site dumping of dredging sediments in order to encourage the re-colonization of the
estuarine riverbed.
Port of le Havre
In January 2015, the port started the drainage master plan, with the support of the Water Board.
As a whole, 680 km of sewerage networks are now available via the Geographic Information System (GIS) and more than 600
occupants of the Port and Industrial Zone were consulted.
 The next phase of the programme: to identify the pollutant flows and define a protocol to reduce them.
Ports of Paris
The « Sable en Seine » Charter (Sand-in-Seine) (2000): urges all the stakeholders in the construction industry to
upgrade their facilities in terms of urban integration, cleanliness and the prevention of pollution and nuisances = > in
2015 it will be extended to the new “upgradable product” sectors.
The pollution diagnosis: carried out annually on the land and every 6 months on the groundwater tables of
Gennevilliers and Bonneuil-sur-Marne.
The rehabilitation of wastewater and rainwater networks: making drainage diagnoses, files drawn up under the Water
Law, discharge agreements, design and creation of water collection and processing devices, etc. (14.5 million euro
invested between 2012 and 2014).
The dredging management plan: implements exemplary practices and eco-friendly techniques both as regards
dredging operations and the management of the dredged sediments.
The upkeep of riverbanks and streams (participation in the ‘Healthy Banks’ operation (‘Berges Saines’).
Permanent monitoring of port activities
HAROPA monitors changes in the quality of local air, soil and water, in partnerhsip with various regional organisations such as
Air Normand, the Seine-Normandy Water Board or the “Maison de l’Estuaire”.
 Example in Rouen: the SYNAPSES project (Automated monitoring system for physico-chemistry in the Seine Estuary).
In partnership with the ‘Seine Aval’ Public Interest Group, the M2C laboratory at the University of Rouen and IFREMER (the
French Research Institute for the Sea), this network aims at better monitoring water quality and getting more thorough
knowledge about the functioning of an estuary system from an hydrodynamic and sedimentary point of view.
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HAROPA : a special reception area for innovative industries
The offshore wind power in Le Havre
The offshore wind program, which will bring growth and jobs, consists of two components in the Industrial and Port Zone in Le
Havre:
AREVA, a joint venture with GAMESA to create Adwen, should build two wind turbine manufacturing plants on the
Joannès Couvert dock, in order to supply wind farm projects in Le Tréport, Saint-Brieuc and Noirmoutier ; AREVA
directed a geotechnical survey in 2014 on the planned site and announced they will place a planning permission before
the end of 2015 ;
EOHF (« Eoliennes Off-shore des Hautes Falaises » the French acronym for « High Cliff Offshore Wind Turbines », a
project company created by EDF-EN, Dong Energy and WDP Offshore) plans to install on the Bougainville Quay a
manufacturing site for the gravity base foundations of the wind turbines in the Fécamp farm. The EOHF tender for the
construction, transport and placing of the foundations is underway.
 Fécamp wind farm: output planned is expected to cover the average consumption of over 770,000 inhabitants (= 60%
of the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime)
Placing underwater of the measuring mast on the gravity foundation of EOHF for the Fécamp wind farm
(Le Havre, November 2014)
Industrial ecology
HAROPA helps regional stakeholders backing innovative projects and promoting synergies between companies:
- ESTENER in Le Havre: manufactures bio-diesel from complex fats (a first in France)
- OSILUB in Le Havre: a regeneration plant for waste oils (partnership between ‘Veolia Propreté’ (Veolia Environmental Services)
and Total Lubrifiants (Total Lubricants)
- SARP Industry in Limay: action of industrial waste recycling in favour of the industry
Production of biofuels in the port of Rouen
- SAIPOL: extraction of rape seeds (1 million tonnes per year) to produce biofuels
- TEREOS: use of wheat to produce bioethanol
Treatment of polluted soils
Biogénie Europe inaugurated in April 2015 its second Paris area centre of treatment of polluted soils in the port of Bruyères-surOise. The soils bound for or coming from this new centre are carried by barge to limit CO2 discharge.
CO2 capture and storage: the example of SEDIBEX
Located in Le Havre since 1977, SEDIBEX is one of the largest industrial waste incineration and reprocessing plants in Europe.
With an annual capacity of 165,000 tonnes, SEDIBEX is a prime example of energy recovery, resulting in the recovery of 300,000
tonnes of steam per year and 9.5 million kWh of electricity. The site is ISO 14001 certified.
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3rd line: integrating ports into their natural and urban environment
The ports of HAROPA manage much more than industrial areas alone. The precincts under HAROPA’s responsibility include many
natural wilderness areas that are often protected. In addition, industrial activities often set up in the heat of densely populated
urban areas.
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Ports: shared natural areas to preserve
25% of the port involves conservation areas
The Port of Le Havre works on 10,000 hectares, including about 2,000 ha located in Natura 2000 zone, in which over 300 species
of birds live, a third of which is protected. This particularly sensitive environmental context requires taking into account the
environment upstream of any development project.
The Island for birds, an artificial rest place created at the mouth of the estuary.
Wilderness Areas Management Plan at the port of Rouen
The biodiversity within the Port of Rouen is remarkable: 1,464 animal and plant species have been recorded, of which over 380
are of emblematic value. With the two thirds of its area being listed as wilderness areas and the river Seine in management,
HAROPA - Port of Rouen is a strongly concerned stakeholder by the issues related to biodiversity. The port has initiated global
action on the area level (PGEN) in order to define a strategy of management of the areas and implement an action plan revised
after five years.
The « green and blue belt » for Ports of Paris
In 2005, Ports of Paris ratified the Regional Charter on the maintenance of biodiversity and committed itself to develop the
"Green and Blue Belt network", a programme to preserve and restore the ecological continuity of the land within its precinct.
Examples of actions include:
- The ecological development of the river banks in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Limay and Gennevilliers
- "Zero phyto" target using differentiated management for green space contracts
- The management of beehives on the ports of Limay, Gennevilliers and Bonneuil-sur-Marne since 2013.
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A city-port interface which is permanently boosted
Objective: to design development projects that preserve urban and architectural continuity, to improve the integration of ports
in cities, and change residents’ viewpoint of port activities.
Re-development of the Southampton dock (quai de Southampton) in Le Havre
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On the occasion of the upcoming 500 anniversary of the city of Le Havre (2017), the Southampton dock, located on the border
between the port and the city, will be rehabilitated in order to revitalize tourism and trade on the site.
The ‘Espace des Marégraphes’ in Rouen
Eight historic hangars have been rehabilitated on the banks of the Seine: five downstream of the William the Conqueror Bridge
and three upstream of Flaubert Bridge. The former docks now host restaurants, businesses and the premises of the France Bleu
Haute-Normandie radio station.
Entirely rehabilitated quays for users’comfort.
The integration challenges for Paris area ports
Ports of Paris seek to integrate residents in the best way with development projects and promote their re-appropriation of the
banks of the Seine. The concept of « industrial heritage » is inseparable from the action of Ports of Paris, which is designed to
allow Parisian industrial and leisure activities to co-exist.
For example, the re-development or rehabilitation projects for the facilities in the Port of ‘Javel bas’ or the Port of the ‘Point du
jour’ illustrate this will to integrate the ports in their environment in the best way.
Objective of a mixed use of Paris are ports.
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An approach based on constant dialogue
A strong and long-standing culture of consultation
In order to build ports which are well integrated into their environment and useful to the regions, HAROPA sees to it to favour
working sessions and dialogue with all stakeholders of the development projects. This consultation approach is clearly installed
in the long term and makes the modus operandi of HAROPA, which promotes this participative operating mode and open to the
external environment. A few outstanding examples:
Port of Le Havre: the worksite of Port 2000 was the first procedure of public consultation led in France from 1997.
Port of Rouen: the consultation set up in 2014 to search for a new dumping site for dredging sediments led to choose
the Machu site by consensus. A consultative process was also led for the improvement of the nautical accessways of
the port.
Ports of Paris: the public debate started on the ‘Port Seine-Métropole Ouest’ project was completed in December 2014.
Voluntary consultation will be carried on throughout the project.
Wider sharing of the regional strategy and objectives with partners
In parallel with the consultation processes undertaken for each development project, HAROPA regularly consults stakeholders
and residents about planning documents (strategic projects for ports, sustainable development plans, etc.).
This shared approach also involves seeking an open debate and having the will to give back to the public the fruit of the actions
carried out. (e. g. the international symposium organised in May 2015 in Le Havre on the environmental performance after 10
years of Port 2000 grouped together scientists, environmentalists and high-level engineers).
Port areas regularly opened to the public
By participating into national events such as the « Heritage Days » or the « Week of Sustainable Development », the ports of the
Seine
corridor
very
regularly
open
their
doors to
the
public. Activities for
school
children
are also proposed to make young people more aware of the environmental and port issues.
 The Port Center: a real success
Inaugurated in Le Havre in December 2013, the Port Center has the mission of a strengthening the city-port interface. Created
owing to a partnership between HAROPA - Port of Le Havre, the Townhall of Le Havre, the association of Le Havre area cities and
villages, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Le Havre and the Port Employers’ Association (UMEP), this place favours the
exchanges between the world of the logistics and port industries and the general public.
During its first year of operation, the place received around 10,000 visitors.
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The Seine valley, on 2 July 2015
PARIS CLIMATE 2015
HAROPA, a partner of COP 21
The mouthpiece for the Climate Solutions of the transport and logistics sector
Meeting the challenge of the climate change while ensuring human development and economic activity, such is the meaning
of HAROPA’s commitment to the SOLUTIONS COP 21, of which it is one of the founding members.
All along the year 2015, HAROPA has acted to collect the Climate Solutions designed in the transport and logistics sector,
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initiatives which will be publicized during the 21 Conference of the United Nations for climate in December 2015.
HAROPA’s commitment is illustrated in two areas:
- the real development of an alternative transport solution on its ports
- Encouragement of effective initiatives in the fight against global warming
Developing alternative transport
In France, the transport and logistics sector accounts for 27% of greenhouse gas emissions (GES). So far, 85 % of all goods are
carried by road. It is therefore necessary to develop the so-called mass transport modes (river and rail), generating far fewer
polluting emissions.
The HAROPA port system enables alternative ‘soft’ logistics solutions to meet the strategic objective of multimodality. Port
platforms are thus essential tools for a sustainable logistics operation of the Seine corridor.
Backing and promoting effective local initiatives
SOLUTIONS COP 21 presents initiatives by businesses, institutions, research centres, local authorities and associations to fight
against climate change and mitigate its impacts.
After launching a call for projects in March 2015, HAROPA will be collecting throughout the year the Climate Solutions designed
in the transport and logistics sector of the Seine corridor.
Selected by a steering committee, the 21 most effective and innovative solutions will be listed on the web platform
www.plateformesolutionsclimat.org.
These 21 solutions will be on show at the Grand Palais from December 4 to 13, 2015 and promoted during the United Nations
Conference on Climate to be held in December at Le Bourget.
About HAROPA - HAROPA, the 5th largest port complex in Northern Europe, is a joint venture between the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris. It is connected to
every continent owing to a first-rate international shipping offer (linking 600 ports worldwide). It serves a vast hinterland whose core is in the Seine valley and the
Paris region forming the biggest French consumer market area. With around 10 Normandy and Paris area partner ports, the "one-stop" hub now forms in France
a global transport and logistics system, capable of providing a comprehensive end-to-end service. HAROPA handles over 120 million tons of cargo by sea and
waterway each year. HAROPA business represents 160,000 jobs. www.haropaports.com
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