Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 08:57 by ce-press
Work on Terminal 2 and 3 at Le Havre is on track for a joint opening in November, while Terminal 1 - which faces the UNESCO World Heritage city - is due to open in spring 2026. Once complete the port will be able to accommodate three ships on three calls with a total of 13,500 passengers.
The conjoined Terminals 2 and 3 can cater to 6,000 and 4,000 passengers each for transit and turnaround operations. What is very special about these terminals is that the public will be able to access the open park at the end of the quays and to the Terminal 1 via the roof walkway without straying into ISPS territory.
The first onshore power supply connection is currently being tested and will take place at Terminal 2 by June 2025. The first connections at Terminal 1 and 3 are due to take place in mid and late 2026 respectively.
Herve Geraud, OPS project manager at HAROPA Port, explained that studies had begun in 2018, prior to any regulatory requirements. Ships of up to 14MW (and a total of 30MW) will be able to connect on each of the three quays. There are four 15kg plugs and a cable management system in place to provide grid electricity which is 67 percent nuclear with the balance being from hydro, solar and wind power, together with a small amount of LNG.
The total investment for the terminals, renewed quays and OPS is €120 million which includes subsidies from the French government and the EU and the region of Normandy but primarily comes from HAROPA port for the OPS part and Le Havre Crosieres for the construction of the terminals.
Geraud says that OPS is a service rather than a commercial enterprise but that 15,000 tonnes of CO2 each year will be avoided because of it. With mandatory connection due in 2030, those ships that are unable to comply will pay a penalty to the EU if they are not zero-emissions.
For further detail please see https://www.cruiseeurope.com/news/news-ce-press-1733929012/
