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HAROPA PORT achieves record results in 2025 and accelerates the global rollout of its green corridor strategy in Port News 23/01/2026 HAROPA PORT’s operations were shaped by an extremely unpredictable international environment, marked by the introduction of new US customs tariffs, the reshuffling of shipping line Alliances and strategies, and the normalisation of routing via the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal route. Against this backdrop of geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, HAROPA PORT delivered solid results and achieved structural record performances in 2025, confirming both the resilience of France’s leading river-sea port and the relevance of its long-term strategy. Record-breaking traffic HAROPA PORT’s overall maritime traffic increased by 2%, illustrating the port’s ability to sustain its growth momentum in a highly competitive environment. Container traffic reached a historic high, up 4%, with the unprecedented crossing of the 3.1 million TEU threshold, marking a major milestone for the Seine corridor. The agricultural bulk sector recorded an excellent grain season, with traffic up 4%, confirming HAROPA PORT’s strategic role in agricultural trade and in securing French export flows. As a central pillar of port policy, the decarbonisation of logistics chains gathered unprecedented momentum in 2025. The modal share at nearly 20% (19,7% precisely in 2024, and + 18 % for railway) is in line with the targets of the strategic plan for the period 2020-2025, with the launch of a new barge connection to Bruyères in the North of Paris and the new train connections from Le Havre to Tours in the Center of France. It reflects the growing use of massified, low-carbon transport modes across the entire Seine corridor and to connect by train the major cities in France. Launching key projects for maritime and inland waterway activity These results were made possible by an exceptional level of investment. As part of the 2020–2025 Strategic Plan, €1.2 billion was committed to modernise infrastructure and support the port’s ecological transition. The year therefore saw the launch of several major structuring projects, including: • the “River access of Port 2000”, providing direct barge access to Port 2000. • the materialisation of private investments at the Le Havre terminals: TiL-MSC took delivery of the final four gantry cranes, completing an order of nine mega-gantry cranes placed by the operator. Générale Manutention Portuaire received 13 hybrid straddle carriers at the Terminal de France. Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT), a subsidiary of the shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, became the majority shareholder of the North terminals operator, now renamed HGT Le Havre, alongside the SEAFRIGO Group. • the electrification of the Pointe de Floride cruise terminal at in Le Havre to implement zero emission call for cruise vessels and of the equipment of entire Seine corridor through the Bornes&eau Onshore Power Supply (OPS) programme for inland waterways barges. • the start of the works of a new 100-hectare port at the confluence of the Seine, the Oise and the future Seine-Nord Europe Canal: Port Seine Métropole Ouest (PSMO). Scaling up the green corridor internationally HAROPA PORT continues to implement its green corridor strategy, which lies at the heart of its energy transition ambitions and the decarbonisation of its operations, notably through its Onshore Power Supply (OPS) programme. In this context, the European Commission, via
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HAROPA PORT achieves record results in 2025 and accelerates the global rollout of its green corridor strategy

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