France’s HAROPA Ports has won a best green seaport award voted for by 18,000 Asian shipping and logistics professionals which it says demonstrates the environmental commitment of the ports of the river Seine corridor.
The Cargonews Asia magazine ‘best green seaport’ prize was awarded to HAROPA on 24 June, in Hong Kong by Alaina Shum, general manager, aviation logistics – Hong Kong International Airport. This is the first time that a European port has won an award in this category, with the US Port of Long Beach winning in 2014.
“This international trophy marks the recognition by our Asian partners of our whole environmental policy, said Nicolas Occis, president of HAROPA. “It proves that we can be at the same time the leading French port complex and ensure respectful development of our territories and ecosystems.”
He said that the environmental commitment of HAROPA revolves around two main aims, developing consolidated modes and multimodality, on the one hand, and encouraging effective initiatives in terms of fight against global warming, on the other.
HAROPA is a founding partner of SOLUTIONS COP 21 which groups together economic and civil society stakeholders and collects climate data all year round devised by the sector of transport and logistics along the Seine corridor.
There are currently 21 initiatives that have been put forward by companies, institutions, research centres, local authorities and associations to help fight against climate change. They will be selected during the United Nations Conference on climate which will be held in December in Paris.
The HAROPA Ports group is made up of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris. It is the fifth largest port complex in Northern Europe.
