A high-performance road transport offering

Road transport along the Seine Axis is effective and flexible and is also totally integrated into HAROPA PORT’s multimodal logistics structure.

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Direct connection to the main French and European markets:

All HAROPA PORT’s facilities enjoy very good connections to national and European road and motorway routes: essentially motorways A1, A13, A28 and A29.

High-quality infrastructure and competitive services for goods pick-up: 

  •  several hundred road haulage firms,
  •  truck parking areas along the Seine Axis with services available: washrooms, catering, goods security and driver safety, etc.
     

A service offering compliant with environmental requirements

Location of multi-energy service stations along the Seine axis:

  •  an LNG/CNG service station in the vicinity of the logistics parks and the main arteries of Le Havre’s port industrial zone,
  •  an LNG/CNG service station zone in the port industrial zone at the road haulage centre (Centre Routier) in Gonfreville-l’Orcher,
  •  a NGV service station at the port of Bonneuil-sur-Marne,
  •  an NGV/BioNGV service station – France’s biggest – at Gennevilliers port (which will ultimately be supplied with biomethane from the methanisation plant to be set up at the port).
     
Camion électrique branché à une borne de raccordement électricité HAROPA PORT à Paris - Enlarge image, modal window
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In addition:

  •  over 90% of the fleet currently used by road hauliers is equipped with Euro 5 or 6 technology, which emits less greenhouse gas,
  •  the drivers have received eco-driving training,
  •  the vehicle fleet is increasingly clean:  start-and-stop engines, green tires, air deflectors, and so on.

Dedicated services in Le Havre 

Un Poste de Contrôle et de Régulation des Trafics (PCRT) : 
Sa mission ? Optimiser les conditions de circulation de la zone industrialo-portuaire du Havre :

  •  aux heures de pointe, la circulation terrestre est priorisée à la route : Interdiction de manœuvrer les ponts mobiles
  •  informations sur les restrictions de circulation (accident, travaux...)  

 A Traffic Control and Regulation Centre (PCRT): 
Its purpose? To optimise travel conditions on Le Havre’s port/industrial area:

  •  at peak traffic hours, landside movements by road traffic are given priority: gantry crane movements are prohibited,
  •  provision of information on traffic restrictions (accidents, roadworks, etc.)  

Mobile apps offering dematerialised services to road hauliers. Specifically, the “Truck Appointment System”. 

This is an appointment fixing system for drivers wanting to access Port 2000 container terminals, based on dedicated web solutions and management of port access badges for truck drivers using a secure website available 24/7 online.
 

Good to know: since 2018, road users travelling on Le Havre’s port industrial area can plan their journeys ahead of time and adjust their choice of route using the free community navigation application Waze.  
Thanks to a partnership between the company and the port, it is now possible to get information on current construction works and operations by mobile port machinery five minutes prior to the relevant operation.