Ship chandlers & ship supply at Le Havre FRLEH

HAROPA PORT joins the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris. It reported record results for 2025: overall maritime traffic up 2% and container traffic up 4%, crossing 3.1 million TEU for the first time. HAROPA puts its annual maritime and river traffic at over 102 million tonnes, with connections to over 660 ports.^[1]

—The Le Havre Harbourmaster’s Office records nearly 6,000 calls by seagoing vessels and 2,000 by river craft a year; its scope runs from the port access channel up to the Tancarville locks and includes Le Havre-Antifer.^[2]

—Cruise: Le Havre’s cruise terminals at Pointe de Floride can take the largest cruise ships in service around the clock; HAROPA reports the terminal is being electrified for zero-emission calls.^[3,1]

—Terminaux de Normandie (Port 2000) — operated by Terminaux à Conteneurs de France (TiL), combining TNMSC and TPO: 1.8 million TEU capacity, 2,100 m of quay, 6 berths, 107 ha.^[4]

—Terminal de France (Port 2000) — operated by Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP): 1.5 million TEU capacity, 1,400 m of quay, 4 berths, about 90 ha; containers, heavy-lift and out-of-gauge.^[5]

—In the historic port: Terminal de l’Atlantique (Hanseatic Global Terminals; 600,000 TEU, 1,300 m, 2 berths, also breakbulk) and Terminaux Nord (Europe and Amériques quays; 500,000 TEU, 1,600 m, 2 berths, with con-ro and ro-ro). HAROPA reports that HGT, a Hapag-Lloyd subsidiary, became majority shareholder of the North terminals operator in 2025, now renamed HGT Le Havre.^[6,7,1]

—Works: the “River access of Port 2000”, giving barges direct access to the Port 2000 terminals, was launched in 2025.^[1]

—Pilotage: compulsory in the Le Havre and Antifer zone for vessels of 70 m or more and for all ships carrying dangerous goods; masters of smaller ships may request a pilot. The Le Havre-Fécamp station works 24/7 and is reached on VHF channel 20 (permanent watch) or by telephone; it fields 48 pilots and a helicopter.^[8]

—Towage is not mandatory, but the Harbourmaster may require one or more tugs for safety; in Le Havre it is provided by Boluda, 24/7. Mooring is done by the approved Société coopérative maritime de lamanage des ports du Havre et d’Antifer, from the seawalls to the Tancarville lock and at Antifer.^[9,10]

—Bunkers: bunkering at HAROPA PORT is managed by the Harbourmaster’s Office and needs a prior declaration to it. Deliveries are made by bunker vessels during cargo operations, around the clock — HAROPA quotes 10 to 12 hours to load 7,000 tonnes of fuel oil — with DML, MDO TBS and FO TBS grades offered; specific rules apply to ships carrying dangerous goods.^[11]

—Provisioning: HAROPA lists supply to ships in port or in the roads, crew and technician transfers, fuel and lubricants afloat or by truck, cold rooms for fresh and frozen products and customs warehouses for bonded goods.^[11]

—Ship waste: collection is by formally approved service providers, with self-propelled collection barges for MARPOL Annex I residues working during cargo operations. Declarations run through the Harbourmaster’s ECOPORT software, connected to the EASYPORT single window, up to the certificate of deposit.^[12]

—Provisions, deck, engine and cabin stores, spares and launch deliveries to Port 2000 or the roads: post a requirement and suppliers serving Le Havre answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you serve ships at Le Havre, activate Le Havre.

—This page (FRLEH) covers Le Havre. For other North European hubs, see the Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg guides.