Haropa Ports

EU puts money where its mouth is with green port funding

European Union has agreed funding for up to 10 pilot projects in sustainable and smart supply chains through port operations with 45 companies involved in the development of the projects.

The series of research projects are called MAGPIE, sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs and will run for a period of five years. Funding of close to €25 million (US$30.39 million) paid to MAGPIE through the Horizon 2020 green deal programme for research into opportunities to increase the...

https://container-news.com/eu-puts-money-where-its-mouth-is-with-green-port-funding/

Paris appoints Raison to progress Haropa Ports merger

Ports at Rouen, Le Havre and Paris have been in the process of merging for two years and now the former director general of Dunkirk Port, Stéphane Raison, now the first tangible step to unification will begin.

The new management organisation will be launched on 1 June 2021, and institution and it will led by Stéphane Raison.

In a statement Haropa said the progressive integration of the three port facilities will further the aims of the three ports to “build a competitive, sustainable complex, in...

https://container-news.com/paris-appoints-raison-to-progress-haropa-ports-merger/

Unions in struggle with Paris, while Haropa battles to maintain customers

Harbour facilities on the Seine, the so-called Haropa ports, including the Seine, Rouen and Le Havre ports, which will be legally established as a single entity in 2021, are offering incentives in an effort to regain lost ground, following two months of intermittent strike action.

Haropa sales and Marketing director Laurent Foloppe told Container News that the ro-ro sector had lost volumes from many of the major car manufacturers including Fiat, Peugeot and BMW. Container carriers had also...

https://container-news.com/unions-in-struggle-with-paris-while-haropa-battles-to-maintain-customers/