Chemicals

HAROPA PORT is the leading port in France and one of the leading ports in Europe for energy procurement. Its facilities and services for the chemicals industry are also underpinned by a chemicals cluster in the first rank in Europe, which notably has a leading position for the production of fertilisers, oils and additives, plus extensive capacity for refining and the production of olefins, elastomers and plastics.

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Some statistics

  • 15.4m tonnes of crude oil annually
  • 17.3m tonnes of refined products annually
  • 3.3m tonnes of chemicals annually
  • 7m cu. m. storage for bulk chemical and energy liquids
Tanker pétrolier sur le port du Havre - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Samuel Salamagnon
Cuves de stockage de Rubis terminal à Rouen - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Jean-François Damois

Three XXL sites

HAROPA PORT has three main sites for handling vessels in this industrial sector:

  • Le Havre, which is equipped for crude oil, refined products and other liquid bulk.
  • Antifer, which can accommodate supertankers with no draught constraints.
  • Rouen and Port-Jérôme for oil and chemical tankers

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Multimodal river connections

The HAROPA PORT offering of hinterland river services matches the needs for capacity and safety of industrial companies and actors in the chemicals and energy sectors (for both spot transport and longer-term contracts). Its partners operate twelve 2,000-2,500-tonne river barges.

Multimodal rail connections 

HAROPA PORT proposes a hinterland rail service offering that is dedicated to bulk conventional and chemical loads: over 40 trains per week, including a specialist rail service for chemicals running more than 10 trains per week to Belgium and the Netherlands.

Pipeline connections

Reservoirs d'hydrogène chez Air liquide à Port Jérôme - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT

HAROPA PORT has dense interconnections via several pipeline networks linking the Seine Axis ports to industrial plants and the French and European consumer areas:

  • the TRAPIL network (hydrocarbons storage and distribution for the Paris region),
  • the CEPS network (supply of fuel to the principal European airports),
  • industrial interconnections < > Stockists and inter-company supplies.

Customised services

The HAROPA PORT community can offer a dedicated range of services to match the needs of the chemicals and energy supply chain:

  • Chemicals: storage of solid and liquid bulk,
  • Freight forwarders and transport operators, freight agents,
  • Specialist carriers (liquid bulk, conventional packed products and containers),
  • Steam heating, depressurisation and neutralisation,
  • Repair and storage of empty containers, tank washing services (road, rail, Iso tank containers),
  • Bagging, barrelling, cracking, etc.,
  • Industrial waste pick-up and processing,,
  • Inspections, test laboratories.

Total safety

HAROPA PORT can offer the strongest possible guarantees for the safety of goods and people:

  • A Technological Risks Prevention Plan (PPRT) for HAROPA PORT zones classed as presenting hazards under higher threshold “SEVESO” regulations.
  • High levels of traceability for goods as they pass through the port.
  • A tool dedicated to the management of hazardous materials (TIMAD).
  • Specific safety measures for the container, chemical and energy terminals.
  • HAROPA PORT is the only port in Europe holding ISO 28000 certification.
  • 2 chemical parks
  • 2 industrial zones on HAROPA PORT land have received the industrial platform/Chemical Parks label:
    • Synerzip Le Havre
    • Port Jérôme Normandy

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