Growth returns for Le Havre’s container volumes

Le Havre’s management is particularly proud of shipping lines choosing Le Havre to handle very large vessel calls, in particular the 100th call of such a vessel on December 10, 2010.

A number of new services were developed in 2010 including the CMA‐CGM and Maersk (FAL5 and AE8) joint services to Asia; the gradual introduction of giant containerships on the same route on MSC’s Lion Service; Hanjin and CMA‐CGM beginning direct calls to Vietnam; the New World Alliance choosing Le Havre as the first European port of call for its new CEX service and Maersk for its new Mediterranean Eurolev service.

According to port figures, 60% of its trade is with Asia and 25 % with North America, with high growth anticipated for container traffic to India, Korea and Brazil. New opportunities for the latter are being created with reefer containers of fresh food products.