..and P&O Ports CMA CGM on Le Havre

P& O Ports and CMA CGM have signed a 36-year concession with the Port Authority of Le Havre to equip and operate two berths as part of the first phase of the Le Havre Port 2000 development.

WOG has a waterfront of 550 metres with a depth alongside of 10.5 metres.

The Terminal de France will be operational in early 2006 and will have a capacity of 675,000 TEUs. The P&O Ports and CMA CGM jointventure, Portsynergy SAS, through its subsidiary, Generale de Manutention Portuaire, will invest around €100m in equipment, yard servicing, buildings and associated services. The 700 metre quayline will be equipped with six super-postPanamax cranes from ZPMC.