Invest and set up on the seine axis
Investing and setting up operations on the Seine Axis
HAROPA PORT is a major actor in the land and property sector along the Seine Axis, offering unique solutions for existing and new business premises for industrial and logistics firms.
Over 300 real estate opportunities along the entire Seine Axis: solutions for every type of project
Backed by port-administered land stretching from the coastal port of entry into France up to the Paris consumer area and France’s main markets, HAROPA PORT proposes a comprehensive offer of solutions for corporate operations, setting up new sites or developing existing logistics and industrial activities:
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Land: a broad range of plot areas and sites, both turnkey and for development.
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Property: logistics and industrial buildings (ranging from single units to XXL-sized storage areas), workshops, offices, and more, HAROPA PORT can cover all leasehold or subletting requirements.
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Mixed-Use Quays: a network of public quays exists in the Paris area and in Normandy for all types of loading and unloading operations (bulk, heavy-lift packages, pallets, urban delivery, etc.).
This offer is located at the heart of a dynamic region for logistics, the “Seine Axis”, which has numerous major advantages: connections to multimodal terminals dedicated to massification of goods flows and rapid pick-up and transfer of goods thanks to direct access to land, river and rail transport networks, specific real estate programmes to facilitate development projects and full consideration of environmental and societal goals and issues.
HAROPA PORT, a project facilitator
HAROPA PORT offers its customers personalised, tailor-made assistance:
- Advice on Supply Chain optimisation,
- Identification of the right industrial and logistics sites for all requirements,
- Development with logistics and industrial actors of synergy and solutions for decarbonisation,
- Assistance in setting up new operations with the support of local partners (development agencies, local government, central government departments, etc.).
The Seine Axis, a dynamic ecosystem
- The leading logistics hub in France,
- The second biggest petrochemicals cluster in Europe,
- Competitive utilities to suit all types of requirements,
- A reservoir of qualified, available labour.
Key figures
A port domain covering 16,000 hectares stretching from Le Havre to Paris; 12 million sq. m. of warehousing space on the Seine Axis, with 2 in or adjacent to ports; 231,000 jobs in the logistics sector in the Paris Seine Normandie® space.
They have put their trust in HAROPA PORT
The port of Le Havre hosts the biggest plant in Europe for the fabrication of wind turbine blades and nacelles on a brownfield site
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy chose Le Havre to set up its industrial complex entirely dedicated to renewable forms of energy. It is unique in Europe and houses under the same roof the resources for building offshore wind turbine blades and nacelles destined for several French windfarms. The conversion of a 60-hectare brownfield site and work to adapt the quays were carried out by HAROPA PORT specifically in order to allow plant deliveries and stevedoring for heavy-lift cargoes.
IKEA sets up a new base at the port of Limay-Porcheville to develop river deliveries
IKEA France had already been based at Gennevilliers since 2019, focusing on using the river as a resource for supplying its stores in Paris city centre and delivering customer online orders, and it has now reaffirmed its confidence HAROPA PORT by developing a new warehouse on a 16-hectare site at Limay-Porcheville port. The Swedish firm is aiming to use this new distribution centre to develop sustainable logistics from a location immediately adjacent to the Paris consumer catchment area.
Goodman chooses the port of Gennevilliers for its Green Dock project
Having won the call for logistics project proposals issued for the port of Gennevilliers, Goodman’s Green Dock project involves the construction of a multimodal logistics platform offering more than 90 000 sq. m. on four levels. This four-floor facility, unique in Europe and directly connected to the Seine, will help develop river transportation and urban goods distribution in the Paris area.
HAVLOG: the biggest warehouse at Normandy Bridge Logistics Park 3 (PLPN3) developed on a “turnkey” plot
PRD, the winner of the December 2018 call for project proposals, was able, with the financial backing of AG Real Estate, to begin construction of this 96,000 sq. m. building on a speculative basis as early as January 2020. Located at the heart of the Normandy Bridge Logistics Park, next door to the multimodal platform and the maritime terminals, the HAVLOG facility has been in operation since July 2021 under the management of JJA, a specialist in the distribution of garden furniture and home furnishings. The building is also equipped with 37,000 sq. m. of PV solar panels.
Development and marketing of RVSL Upstream (Rouen Seine Valley Logistics platform)
RVSL Upstream is an extensive logistics area with 150,000 sq. m. of warehouse space and a number of key advantages such as its proximity to Rouen’s TCMD (Container and Miscellaneous Goods Terminal). It generates some 600 jobs and is notably host to P3 Logistic Parks France, a investor, owner, developer and manager of logistics assets.