As Siemens Gamesa scales up production at its Le Havre facility, the port strengthens its intra-European cargo flows and continues investing in green logistics and multimodal infrastructure.
The extension of the Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy plant in Le Havre got under way on February 16, 2025. The plant at the French gateway is located on a 36 ha site within the industrial port zone, between the Bellot and Théophile Ducrocq docks. With two 200 m-long quays – a jack-up quay designed to accommodate ships loading heavy components and a lo-lo quay for importing and exporting parts – the site produces and ships offshore wind turbine blades and nacelles.
The factory extension involves adding 12,700 sq m of floor space, bringing the total surface area to almost 80,000 sq m. The expansion is designed to accommodate the production of 115 m-long blades for next-generation offshore wind turbines, each with a rated output of 14 MW.
Le Havre is also benefiting from greater connectivity with shortsea specialist WEC Lines calling on a Bilbao, Le Havre, Dublin, Liverpool, Bilbao rotation, effective February 10. With a capacity of 800 teu, Haropa said this link will strengthen intra-European cargo flows and is fully in line with the port’s green logistics corridor strategy.
That strategy fed into solid 2024 results for Haropa, which said that maritime traffic was up 2.4 percent year-on-year to 83.2 million tonnes. Over the year, the port authority continued to invest in the development of multimodal platforms and industrial projects, such as the opening of the Bruyères-sur-Oise multimodal platform (linking the Paris region and the East of France to maritime terminals in Le Havre, combining rail and river), operated by Medlog.
Moreover, in May 2024, HLPFI reported that Haropa Port made some 250 ha of land available for industrial redevelopment as part of the country’s 2030 Turnkey Sites scheme. 55 sites across the country have been flagged up in the scheme, five of which are located on land administered by Haropa Port. Four sites are located in the Le Havre port industrial area and one in Rouen.
