Mediterranean Shipping Co’s logistics arm, MEDLOG, has broken ground on a new multimodal platform in the Paris region. The MEDLOG Inland Terminal Paris-Bruyères project is part of a wider renovation project underway at the Port 2000 site in Le Havre and will provide rail and barge connections for the region’s importers and exporters. The project has a target of 1m teu handled annually by 2027.
“The TN MSC Port 2000 project is a major investment programme by MSC’s port investment group, TIL, that will strengthen Le Havre’s role as a Northwest Europe gateway ,” MSC said in a release.
Philippe Lestrade, CEO of MSC France, said the project will provide an economic boost for the region, increasing containerisation and raising productivity, as well as providing more direct access to MSC’s global network for customers in the Paris region.
“It will also support HAROPA Port’s ambition to create a green logistics corridor along the Seine,” Lestrade said.
Scheduled for completion in 2024, the terminal will also enable MSC and its subsidiary MEDLOG to offer new services usually provided at port terminals, such as container maintenance and repair, liquid cargo solutions, project cargo and container refurbishment for food-grade exports.
