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54 hectares available
Site description
HAROPA PORT's project on this site involves preparing the land for industrial development. This mainly involves the creation of platforms, enabling the release of a useful 50 ha surface area, as well as the associated services and utilities for the establishment of large-scale industries, in order to meet the demand for new industrial activities.
The main objectives of the project are:
- To obtain a site free of existing installations (occupants / demolition / decontamination / neutralization of existing networks / treatment of asbestos and waste...)
- Provide a platform:
o Backfilled to development grade to accommodate industrial companies
o Serviced by roads, footpaths, landscaping, and potentially by rail, river or sea, depending on customer requirements
o Delimited and secured
o Provided with drainage systems (ditches / rainwater management /...)
o With reservations or the creation of civil engineering network corridors to accommodate concessionaire networks (water / gas / electricity / telecoms) at the time of industrial installation.
Location
Targeted activities for this site
The land is identified to support the Le Havre Port's decarbonization strategy and host new industries such as:
- Hydrogen production and/or new fuels
- Lithium refinery
- Decarbonized steel production
- Agrochemicals (fertilizer production from H2 and CO2)
These projects can be integrated into the existing ecosystem to support its decarbonization, develop the circular economy and existing networks (pipelines, steam network, industrial water, gas, electricity) with infrastructure projects underway to reinforce its attractiveness, such as the work in progress with RTE (Electricity Transmission Network) to reinforce the electrical capacity of the Le Havre Port and enable the development and decarbonization of existing industries (identification of a 15-hectare site for new 400KVA and 225 KVA substations).
In terms of meeting industrial needs, the site :
- Benefits from optimal logistical connections: rail networks, proximity to freeways, etc.
- Has the capacity to supply sufficient electrical power, thanks to the RTE power reinforcement project in the Port area
- Benefits from an attractive employment pool, which will enable us to recruit a large, skilled workforce
- Is located in an urban development zone with a favorable PLU classification, which means that building permits can be obtained quickly
- Benefits from a maritime connection
Available infrastructures
- Natural gas network
- HVB electrical network
- HTA electrical network
- LV electrical network
- Specialized gas network (hydrogen, CO₂, etc.)
- The electricity grid is available at the Le Havre Port. A connection will have to be made according to the project's needs. Generally speaking, discussions are underway with players in the sector at Port level. Very-high-voltage electricity (90 - 225 and 400 kV). A connection to the RTE network (Electricity transmission system operator in France) is conceivable, as it is available to some manufacturers in the Le Havre Port area. For this site, this will require the extension of the transmission network and the creation of connection equipment. Discussions on this subject are underway.
Accessibility and services
- Urban transport networks
- Passenger rail station
- Major roads
- Soft mobility
- HGV access
- Semi-trailer access
- Railroad
- Riverway
- Port
Current projects to improve site accessibility
A project to reinforce the electrical capacity of the Le Havre Port is currently under study
Local economic context and training opportunities
Le Havre Industrial and Port Zone:
- An international hub
- An area of more than 10,000 ha (27 km long by 5 km wide), eligible for regional subsidies
- An ecosystem of 1,200 establishments and over 30,000 jobs, with global players in the automotive, energy, chemicals and aeronautics sectors...
- Networks and utilities available to companies: high-voltage electricity, natural and industrial gas, industrial water, steam, high-speed broadband, waste treatment, etc.
- Storage capacity for bulk liquids and solids
- 35 km of quays, 200 km of rail and road networks
- Maritime connections with over 600 ports on 5 continents and a pan-European multimodal network (rail, river and road)
- Expertise in industrial traffic (900 parcels handled on average / year)
The Le Havre Port industrial ecosystem in figures:
- 5.6 million m³ capacity for bulk liquids (Alkion, S.H.M.P.P, Care, Citis)
- 90,000 m³ storage capacity for polymers
- Pipeline networks within the Port and to the Paris region (N2, H2, O2 and chemical products)
- 4 km shared steam network (with a further 10 km planned) at a competitive price (20 bar)
- Sedibex, Europe's 1st industrial waste-to-energy plant
- France's 1st petrochemical complex
- France's 2 largest refineries (Total and Esso - Exxon Mobil)
- 24.3 million tonnes of crude oil processed
- 39% of French refining capacity
- 40% of European production of additives and mineral oils
- 1st European fertilizer production zone
- 25% of French olefins production, 50% for plastics and elastomers
- 50% of French imports of nitrogen products
- Services to companies and/or employees
Recognized players in the fields of logistics, energy, metallurgy, maritime and industrial services:
- Renault Sandouville
- TotalEnergies Raffinerie de Normandie
- Siemens Gamesa
- Engie
- SOCRATE program
Le Havre, a city taking part in the 'Territoire d'industrie' program, a French government support to industrial territories :
- A sector representing 250 establishments and 11,000 jobs in the area (10% of the workforce in all sectors combined)
- Key players in the metallurgy sector in the Le Havre region: Automotive - Aeronautics and shipbuilding - Wind power - Mechanics - Metal processing - Boilermaking - Repair of metal structures - Metal structures.
- An employment area with 350,000 inhabitants.
- Over 30,000 jobs in the Le Havre Port, including more than 15,000 in the industrial sector.
- Nearly 70,000 jobs in trade, transport and services, i.e. 43% of jobs in the area.
- An available workforce
- Skills in customer relations, insurance, shipping, engineering...
- Qualified personnel through a wide range of initial and continuing training courses, from CAP to Master's degrees, via specialized organizations
- Pôle Formation des Industries Technologiques, managed by UIMM Région Havraise
- Vocational high schools : Lycée Lavoisier (automotive, aeronautics, metal structures, etc.), Lycée Jules Siegfried (electronics, mechanics...), Lycée Perret - Schuman (energy, maintenance, industrial control, automatic systems...)
- Institut de Soudure de Gonfreville l'Orcher (welding, non-destructive testing)
- Opening of a Production School, offering training in boilermaking, piping and welding to young people aged 15 to 18.