Port of Rouen
Contact
Gregory Legendre
Location
About Port of Rouen
Located along the Seine, Rouen gathers major industrials of base and specialty chemicals with direct access to the multimodal connexions and easy access to utility networks.
With good inland access to the port, Rouen provides savings by offering a choice of modern dedicated terminals.The Port is located close to major centers of production and consumption in the Paris area. 50% of the nation’s wealth is concentrated within a 190-mile radius from the City of Rouen.
Economic size of the Rouen area
44.628 jobs
3050 industrial sites.
Chemical activity
Chemicals (mineral and organic chemistry, biofuels, additives, lubricants, fertilizers, fibers, paints, inks, perfumes,.. ):
2800 jobs
60 chemical sites
Area
| Total | n.a. |
|---|---|
| Free | n.a. |
Infrastructure and Connectivity
| Highway | yes | Airport(s) (2h from Paris) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway | yes | |
| Waterway | yes | Inland waterways (connected to the Seine). Container terminal (shortsea in Rouen and deepsea in Le Havre (1h)). Inland Sea harbour with draft until 10,7m (11,7 in 2019). |
| Sea harbor | no |
Compounds
- TOTAL Lubricants: Lubricant plant 250kt/years close to the European logistic platform of the group (5kms)
- Borealis: production capacity of 3,3 millions of tons/yr of fertilizers
- Lubrizol: 2nd biggest plant of the group in EMEA with a production of 200kt/year of additives
- Saipol (Avril group): European scaled-size biofuel plant : 360kt/year / biggest French plant of the group
New - Start of new fertilizer plant in the Borealis Area in 2018: Tessenderlo
Via Sea (liquide bulk and containers)
- Natural Gas
- Methanol
- Fuels
- Base oils
- Additives
- Biofuels
- Lubricants
- Ammonia
- Fertilizers
- Other chemicals
Via Road/Rail
- Soda
- Fuels
- LPG
- Lubricants
- Commodities
- Other chemicals
Pipelines
- Fuels,
River
- Base oils, fuels, biofuels, chemicals, taylor made solutions
Services
- Power
- Steam
- Natural Gas
- Industrial Gases
- Water (different grades)
Other logistics services
- Pipeline connexions with Le Havre and Paris area
Disposal
- Effluent management
The handling of hazardous products is operated on specialized platforms: Maprochim in Rouen
Storage
Dry bulk
New Project of storage 2018 for dangerous packaged products and containers
Liquid bulk
Tanks (700 000 m3 fuels + chemicals): heated tankers, stainless steal, taylor-made solutions, quadri modal connexions: barge, road, rail and pipe In 2018, start of more than 600.000 m3 of new capacities for the liquid bulks (fuels, chemicals) with two jetties
Investments on this park
Pipeline grid availability
Companies on this park
News
Relevant brochures for foreign direct investment in the Le Havre area
Port of Le Havre → Port of Rouen → Port Jérôme →The Union of chemical industries brochure on SYNERZIP Le Havre. FDI brochures and information.
Tessenderlo group starts production at its new liquid fertilizer plant in France
Port of Rouen →Tessenderlo Group announced that its new liquid fertilizer plant in Rouen, France, has successfully started the production of Thio-Sul® and has already shipped its first products to its customers...