2009-12-01 - REPORT: Conference to promote the Port of Le Havre (France) in Nanyuan Hotel

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On Tuesday December the 1^st, a conference to introduce and promote the Port of Le Havre in France, was held in Ningbo Nanyuan Hotel.
A leaders team from the Port of Le Havre came over to several cities in China including Shanghai and Ningbo.
Le Havre is the second biggest French port and the fifth biggest North European port with more than 80 million tons handled.
China is one of the main world partners of the Port of Le Havre regarding containers, a trade for which Le Havre is by far the leading French port with a market share of more than 75%.
The commercial exchanges between the Port of Le Havre and Greater China amounted to almost 5,4 million tons of cargo (Mt) in 2008.
General cargo and container traffic is basically ensured by a vast network of regular lines, since the port of Le Havre provides shippers with a highly attractive service and frequent shipping connections with 10 weekly services to China connecting directly 14 china ports.
Transit time from Ningbo to Le Havre is usually 23 days. Trade between the port of Le Havre and China is likely to develop even more!


At 4:00pm was held a Press Conference with quite a few medias including
Ningbo newspapers, Ningbo TV and HelloNingbo's Editor in Chief, Patrick Donovan.


From left to right: M. Herve Cornede (Commercial and Marketing Director), M. Christian Leroux
(President Union Maritime et Portuaire du Havre) and Ms Demi Wang (Marketing Manager-Shanghai Representative)


From left to right: M. Georges Krumeich (Communication Department) and M. YE Kejun
(Foreign Affairs Office - Ningbo Municipal People's Government)


After the Press Conference, an official conference was held in front of about 200 hundreds
Managers mainly from Shipping and Logistics companies, all very attentive to the presentation.


One view of the leading French Port of Le Havre, a competitive partner for cargo shipping
to/from China and a strategic port for all cargo shipping goods to Europe.

For more information and contacts, check their official website: PORT of LE HAVRE