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Le Havre's HAROPA port pact sells first-in, last-out shipper advantage
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2017/10/31 10:58:02
PROMOTERS of HAROPA, the union of Le Havre and Rouen ports to serve Paris, are selling their first-in/last-out advantage as a feature that gives shippers an edge over Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
Being the first port of call at the western end of Europe's northern range, say HAROPA promoters, means cargo is the first to reach Europe from Asia - or anywhere else to that matter.
Being the last port of call out of Europe provides shippers with last-minute loading opportunities and the shortest transit times to Asia - or anywhere else.
That the key message Le Havre port promoters conveyed to senior shipping executives at a gathering at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
"As the first port of call, HAROPA enjoys an exceptional location and irrigates the European market owing to the quality and fluidity of the connection networks," said the port communique.
"The HAROPA alliance was created in 2012 with the purpose of building up a European-sized port system in the field of industry and logistics," it said.
"Actually being the largest French port system with 87.1 tonnes of sea traffic and more than 20.2 million tonnes of river traffic in 2016, HAROPA ranks fifth on the northern range," it said.
HAROPA said it has the best of Microsoft technology at the service of shipping stakeholders for simplified, reliable and fast regulatory procedures.
Which provides "rapid customs clearance: 100 per cent electronic declaration, completed in less than five minutes, secure and with 24/7 access", it said, adding that it was also free of congestion on its roads, rail and river barge system.
Le Havre has 24/7 access without tidal constraint, able to accommodate the largest fully laden vessels. In 2016, the port operated sea giant vessels on a daily basis.
As a logistics hub, HAROPA has more than one million square metres of warehousing run by Panhard, Prologis, Balguerie, Dachser, DSV, Katoen Natie, Fedex, Geodis, Giorgio Gori, JF Hillebrand, Kerry Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel, Rhenus Logistics, Schenker and Bollore.
"All mega shipping alliances include HAROPA in their logistics system and in their round voyages on the north European range with transit times among the most efficient for import as for export." said the HAROPA communique.
There are 100 rail and river connections a week from 13 river terminals on the Seine corridor to serve Paris.
China continues to be the driving force for this increase for the cargo increase, up 13.61 per cent from China, which enjoys an average GDP growth of 6.65 per cent.
Of greater interest to French exporters is the flow of goods to China, which includes manufactured goods (new furniture, toys), electrical and household equipment, white goods, clothes, luggage items, textiles, milk, meat, offal, raw plastic material, rubber, chemicals, wood and cork.
China is France's second biggest market for wines and spirits. More than a billion bottles moved from France to China via HAROPA in 2016, 35 per cent of which were wines, 31 per cent alcoholic beverages and 11 per cent were champagne.
HAROPA also boasts of 3,000 reefer connectors with 24-hour remote monitoring. The port handled 200,000 TEU reefers in 2016, up 26 per cent from 2013.
HAROPA is also proud of the arrangements it has with its customs and other state inspectorates, prinicipally with BIP (Border Inspection Post) and CEP (Community Entrance Point) in Le Havre: the biggest inspection centre in France.
"Le Havre is a one-stop shop with PIB, CEP and customs grouped together on a single site of the veterinary, phytosanitary and customs services offering significant competitive advantages," said the communique.
Being the first port of call at the western end of Europe's northern range, say HAROPA promoters, means cargo is the first to reach Europe from Asia - or anywhere else to that matter.
Being the last port of call out of Europe provides shippers with last-minute loading opportunities and the shortest transit times to Asia - or anywhere else.
That the key message Le Havre port promoters conveyed to senior shipping executives at a gathering at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
"As the first port of call, HAROPA enjoys an exceptional location and irrigates the European market owing to the quality and fluidity of the connection networks," said the port communique.
"The HAROPA alliance was created in 2012 with the purpose of building up a European-sized port system in the field of industry and logistics," it said.
"Actually being the largest French port system with 87.1 tonnes of sea traffic and more than 20.2 million tonnes of river traffic in 2016, HAROPA ranks fifth on the northern range," it said.
HAROPA said it has the best of Microsoft technology at the service of shipping stakeholders for simplified, reliable and fast regulatory procedures.
Which provides "rapid customs clearance: 100 per cent electronic declaration, completed in less than five minutes, secure and with 24/7 access", it said, adding that it was also free of congestion on its roads, rail and river barge system.
Le Havre has 24/7 access without tidal constraint, able to accommodate the largest fully laden vessels. In 2016, the port operated sea giant vessels on a daily basis.
As a logistics hub, HAROPA has more than one million square metres of warehousing run by Panhard, Prologis, Balguerie, Dachser, DSV, Katoen Natie, Fedex, Geodis, Giorgio Gori, JF Hillebrand, Kerry Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel, Rhenus Logistics, Schenker and Bollore.
"All mega shipping alliances include HAROPA in their logistics system and in their round voyages on the north European range with transit times among the most efficient for import as for export." said the HAROPA communique.
There are 100 rail and river connections a week from 13 river terminals on the Seine corridor to serve Paris.
China continues to be the driving force for this increase for the cargo increase, up 13.61 per cent from China, which enjoys an average GDP growth of 6.65 per cent.
Of greater interest to French exporters is the flow of goods to China, which includes manufactured goods (new furniture, toys), electrical and household equipment, white goods, clothes, luggage items, textiles, milk, meat, offal, raw plastic material, rubber, chemicals, wood and cork.
China is France's second biggest market for wines and spirits. More than a billion bottles moved from France to China via HAROPA in 2016, 35 per cent of which were wines, 31 per cent alcoholic beverages and 11 per cent were champagne.
HAROPA also boasts of 3,000 reefer connectors with 24-hour remote monitoring. The port handled 200,000 TEU reefers in 2016, up 26 per cent from 2013.
HAROPA is also proud of the arrangements it has with its customs and other state inspectorates, prinicipally with BIP (Border Inspection Post) and CEP (Community Entrance Point) in Le Havre: the biggest inspection centre in France.
"Le Havre is a one-stop shop with PIB, CEP and customs grouped together on a single site of the veterinary, phytosanitary and customs services offering significant competitive advantages," said the communique.