Port of Le Havre

The Port du Havre in the city of Le Havre on the English Channel is to Marseille € Port the second largest port in France. The marina is located in Normandy in the Seine -Maritime. Built in 1517 by King Francis I, he is one of the oldest seaports of France. Le Havre is one of the most important hubs of goods within the European Union and is measured by container handling 2,200 TEU as tenth-largest port in Europe (as of 2011). It is operated by the national authority autonomous Port du Havre.

Location

The port of Le Havre is geographically and nautical low: He is "the gateway between the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean ." Le Havre is the first port on the way from the English Channel into the North Sea. Le Havre is a stop for many traveling on scheduled services merchant ships, as it is conveniently located on the route for the intercontinental trade.

Le Havre is (similar to the German JadeWeserPort ), so that can make all year round all types of vessels irrespective of the tide down a deep-water port.

Military strategic port has long been the line of defense of France against opponents, with their fleets advance over the langgezogenene estuary at the mouth of the Seine between Le Havre and Honfleur, in the interior and go to Paris could.

History

1517 King Francis I decided to build in Le Havre and therefore had two objectives: first, he wanted to create a powerful port for trade and safeguard the military - strategic important position on the Seine to the other. The area looked back on over 200 years of succession of the English attacks and occupations.

The port continued to develop in the early modern period and in the 18th century, the commodity diversified. Until the French Revolution left many ship Le Havre to capture slaves for the Caribbean and the Americas in West Africa.

In the 1960s, the power plant was built in Le Havre harbor area.

More recently, the harbor was again significant, as merchant ships became larger and ships over 180 tons can not the Seine happen. You must reload in Le Havre their cargo to inland vessels. From 1990 to put mainly on the container handling.

Port locations

The port district stretches 27 kilometers along the Seine. The area of the port covers over 10,000 acres. Directly adjacent is the 2,000 -acre nature reserve of the Seine estuary.

Container port

In Le Havre containers are mainly handled. 2005, there were almost 2.1 million pieces, and thus about 60 percent of the total handled in French ports container. In the year 6965 container ships called at the port.

Oil port

The oil terminal Antifer located about 30 kilometers north of Le Havre. It is suitable for super tankers with a tonnage over 250,000 GT.

Cruise Terminal

The port also has berths for cruise ships. 2007 put 50 cruise ships with 90,000 passengers in Le Havre.

Marina

The port of Le Havre also has a peri-urban marina with 1050 berths.

Naval port

The French Navy has in Le Havre also a location. There is also the important for the Navy shipyard Chantier Augustin Normand.

Accidents

On August 7, 1997 at 12:20 CEST clock a bunker tank of the oil tanker " Katja " sprang a leak during docking maneuvers. It reached 187 tons of heavy fuel oil Bunker C in the harbor basin.