LE HAVRE REGIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

PORTS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

LE HAVRE REGION CASEOctober 23rd, 2009

GLOBAL SHIPPING SUMMIT 2009

Le Havre regionKey figures

Population• Le Havre conurbation (Codah): 250 062 inhabitants• An employment basin of 360 000 inhabitants

Jobs (in terms of activity sectors)• Services: 55 631 jobs • Industry: 25 933 jobs • Non merchant services: 11 076 jobs• Construction: 8 495 jobs

270 companies employing 20 000 professionals 1st French petrochemical centre - 37% of the French

refining capacity 3 refineries (Total, Shell, Petroplus)

The largest French refinery (Total) Great logistics capacities

Petrochemical industryThe Seine Valley

80% of the national production of additives &lubricants 50% of the national production of plastics & elastomers 25% of the national production of olefins

Petrochemical industryThe Seine Valley

Automotive industryTop-of-the-range vehicles production

32 companies employing 7 200 professionals RoRo traffic: > 500,000 vehicles/year Renault largest production site An extended network of subcontractors

Environment& Eco-industries

105 companies employing 900 professionals 1st french recycling center point for industrial wastes 1st french recycling center point for used oil recycling 1st french recycling center point for heavy metal wastes

LogisticsA major european logistic center

>1.2 million sqm under operation 250 companies employing 17,000 pepole 26,000 jobs linked to maritime & port economy

Tang Frères : Mr Prasit Import-Export Manager

LogisticsA major european logistic center

"When you import foods from Asia and use just-in-time methods to deliver goods, Le Havre is the ideal harbor: proximity to Paris, choice of transport modes, efficiency of local forwarding agents. Today, 85% of our containers transit through Le Havre »

Testimonial

Total traffic flow: >80 Mt Containers traffic flow: 2.6 M TEUs About 7,500 vessel calls 1st French Port for Foreign Trade 1st French Port for containers 1st French port for RoRo traffic 5th European Port

Port of Le HavreA major european logistic center

An hinterland with 320 million inhabitants

A quick and reliable pan-European railway network, projects to create an express freight corridor...

A complete & fluid motorway network, far from the traffic congestions of the North of Europe

Large-scale river servicing in full expansion to Paris and soon to the North of Europe

A network of regular feeder lines to many European ports

The proximity to Roissy and Orly international airports

HinterlandA top-of-the-range servicing network

InvestmentsThe #1 French conurbation for investments!

Major urban projects• Over 800 million € in the next 6 years• Tramway, Odyssey 21, Stadium, Eco-zones, etc.

Bain des docks Odyssey 21 Tramway Stadium

InvestmentsThe #1 French conurbation for investments!

Port of Le Havre• Over 850 million € in the next 4 years• Port 2000 new container terminals - Port 2020 project• Multimodal plaform• Grand Canal extension project

Port 2000 container terminals Antifer crude oil terminals Le Havre, 1st French port for containers

Logistic platform• Over 255 million € in the next 4 years• 600,000 sq.m of warehouses in project

Le Hode logistics park Logistics activities Normandy Bridge Logistics Park

InvestmentsThe #1 French conurbation for investments!

Industry• Over 3 billion € in the next 5 years• Refinery / petrochemicals / energy industries:

Modernization programs on existing plants (Total refinery, Total Petrochemicals)

New developments (biofuels / green techs / oil regeneration)

LNG terminal (1 billion €)

Total refinery Green tech project Dresser Rand

InvestmentsThe #1 French conurbation for investments!

Tertiary sector• Over 87 million € in the next 3 years• New business buildings and districts

University of Le Havre Chamber of Commerce and Industry CMA CGM Headquarters

InvestmentsThe #1 French conurbation for investments!

To make sure our city consolidates its position at the forefront of European energy clusters, Le Havre is increasingly focusing on reducing the impact of energy and industrial production on the environment by:

Encouraging the development of zero emission coal power plants

Investing in R&D on CCS (European research projects, CO2 research Chair based in Le Havre in partnership with Total, Air Liquide, GDF Suez, Alstom and Veolia)

Developing a mutualised infrastructure for CCS on the industrial area

Accompanying renewable energy projects (offshore wind farms, solar farms and marine energy, biofuels production…

Promoting multimodal transportation

Le HavrePreparing for the future

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