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MSC spearheads major expansion at Le Havre
MSC spearheads major expansion at Le Havre
November 28, 2011
Investment in new container terminal at Port 2000 will lead to more services and more jobs
(NEWS ARTICLE - IFW) - Shipping line MSC and cargo-handling operator Terminaux de Normandie (TN) are investing €160 million, (US$212m), on a 50:50 basis through their joint-venture company TNMSC, in a new container terminal at the French port of Le Havre.
MSC currently uses the Normandy port’s Bougainville quay, with its traffic handled by TNMSC.
Located in the western zone of Port 2000, the new TNMSC terminal will extend along 1,400 metres of quay and be equipped with four berths.
The project has also attracted €270 million of public funding, which focuses on dredging the access channel to the port and building the quay. TNMSC’s investment concerns the terminal’s buildings and loading/unloading areas. Four gantry cranes will be transferred in from the Bougainville quay.
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