A consortium led by Vinci subsidiaries has received a €183m contract to construct a protected channel within the Seine River estuary to offer river boats entry to the port of Le Havre.
Known as “La Chatière” – French for “cat flap” – the mission entails constructing a 1.8km-long breakwater alongside the north coast of the estuary in entrance of the Port 2000 container port to guard cargo boats designed to navigate the inland River Seine from the open estuary’s tough seas.
The aim is to get extra of the cargo coming by container ship by water up the Seine to the Paris area.
Now, 85% of seaborne cargo is shipped inland from the port by truck, as a result of tough water makes Le Havre inaccessible to river boats for a lot of the 12 months.
Working for port operator Haropa Port are Terélian, Vinci’s transport specialist, and Océlian, a Vinci firm that handles maritime works, in addition to Navarra and Cardem Pyro, that are soil remediation corporations.
The one exterior firm concerned is Deme, a Belgian civil engineer that carries out dredging and different marine works, by which Vinci holds a 12.1% stake. It would personal 38% of the mission, with Terélian holding the rest.
Allied forces bombed the port closely in 1944, so their first job shall be a six-month electromagnetic survey of the location to detect unexploded ordnance.
The channel is anticipated to open in 2027.
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