Helping enhance the Seine Valley’s attractiveness for tourists

The aim is to assist the development along the Seine Corridor of the sea and river cruise sector based on facilities and provision of high-quality services.

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 Cruise terminal modernisation 

Modernisation of the Le Havre cruise terminal

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HAROPA PORT wants to welcome cruise ships and cruise passengers calling at Le Havre in the best possible conditions. Since 2022, the Le Havre Seine Métropole urban community and HAROPA PORT - through Le Havre Croisières public interest group, and with the support of the Normandy region, have been engaged in an ambitious project to develop the cruise hub at Pointe de Floride (find out more).

The port is carrying out work to modernize and electrify its quays at Pointe de Floride. Since the end of 2025, the Pierre Callet quay has been electrified and operational (find out more). Work is now continuing on the Roger Meunier and Joannès Couvert quays.

This project, known as RENAQ (Raccordement Électrique des Navires A Quai, or Electrical Connection for Ships at Quay), has a total budget of €32 million, broken down as follows:

  • €5 millions  from the State under the CPIER 2023 - 2027,
  •  €13.6 millions from the State under the France Relance plan,
  •  €900,000 from the State under the Research fund for coal and steel (RFCS),
  •  €12.5 millions financed by HAROPA PORT.
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Electrification of Rouen's cruise terminals

Escale croisière du STAR LEGEND à Rouen au TCRD, nouvellement rénové - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Jean-François Damois

HAROPA PORT is extending shore-side electrification to cruise terminals in Rouen and Honfleur:

  • work on shore-side electrification at the Rouen cruise terminal is expected to continue until the end of 2026;
  • in Honfleur, the electrified quay is expected to come into service in 2027. 

Find out more.

The two quays represent a total budget of €14 M, including :

  • €4.52 millions from the government as part of the France Relance plan for both projects;
  •  €1.5 millions from the Rouen Normandy Metropolis for the quayside electrification of the Rouen cruise terminal
  •  €200 000 from the Communauté de communes du pays d'Honfleur-Beuzeville and the City of Honfleur for the quayside electrification of the Honfleur terminal.
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Adaptation of the Le Havre ferry terminal

Vue aérienne de l'avant-port, du bassin Bellot, du bassin de la Manche et du bassin de l'Eure. Terminal avec la gare maritime du terminal transmanche - Enlarge image, modal window
©HAROPA PORT / Michel Bizien

The work carried out in 2016 was aimed at creating a terminal capable of supporting an optimal cross-Channel maritime service, both in terms of security and customer service.
HAROPA PORT also reorganized the Great Britain terminal in preparation for the implementation of Brexit. 

The Redevelopment of Ports in the Île-de-France Region

  • Port Legrand (Boulogne-Billancourt)
    Legrand port is located in an area undergoing profound changes with numerous urban projects in the vicinity that take full advantage of the Seine’s proximity not only for river transport but also for recreational activities and pedestrians. Rehabilitation work on the quays will ensure that port-related activities and recreation can coexist more satisfactorily along the riverbanks.

     

  • Bonneuil-sur-Marne Port
    This is an ecological rehabilitation project on the banks of the Marne upstream and downstream of the port.

  • Lower Javel Port
    The project involves preserving and intensifying the economic activity specific to the port while at the same time providing the general public with a living and leisure space based on the creation of high-quality, high-functionality site developments. Such requalification will allow the area to accommodate all users – walkers, cyclists, joggers – in complete safety and security at appropriate times of day.  

     

  • Corbeil Saint-Nicolas Port
    Redevelopment works involving the creation of a mixed-use quay combining port activities, services for barge operators and recreational and event-related activities. 
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©HAROPA PORT / Laurent Guichardon

Participation in the hosting of the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games

HAROPA PORT was a contributor to the logistics for the construction of the Olympics facilities as well as for the organisation of the events as such. The port therefore helped achieve the desired Seine bathing conditions with work on sewerage facilities for wastewater from moored premises at Paris quays and developments to ensure event security (deployment of quay access control systems).