Bolloré Logistics opens multimodal hub 22 September 2017

Bolloré Logistics has inaugurated its new multimodal Hub on the Logistics Park of Pont de Normandie 2 (PLPN2), in the heart of France's leading foreign trade port. With this new site located near the multimodal terminal, Bolloré Logistics offers all the solutions to manage logistics flows throughout the Seine Valley.

Today, Bolloré Logistics plays a key role in the logistical development of the Seine axis, where the Company has four branches and runs a network of more than 700 employees. The location of the Hub allows Bolloré Logistics to position itself as a leader in the organisation of multimodal transport. The 24,000 m2 warehouse built near the multimodal terminal reinforces Le Havre as a major port logistics hub. Thanks to the opening of this second logistics site in the Logistics Park area of the Pont de Normandie 2, Bolloré Logistics now has in Normandy a total of 110,000 m2 of warehouses, of which 39,000 m2 in Le Havre

Bolloré Logistics benefits from exceptional visibility on the three ports on the Seine trade, Le Havre-Rouen-Paris, and an attractive and diversified offer in the treatment of international flows. The platforms, connected to all modes of transport (sea, air, road, rail, barges) are designed to support the growth and sustainable development of clients in the Port of Le Havre and the Normandy region.

With a comprehensive range of services, combining its sector expertise, Bolloré Logistics meets the needs of its various customers by offering them multi-country expertise, its services of consolidation and full containers, logistics, road and customs, integrating a range of services to add value. Bolloré Logistics' strategy is to position itself on the world's major trading hubs, such as Singapore, Dubai, Miami, a position that allows Bolloré Logistics Le Havre to draw more flows and manage the global logistics activities and supply chains of its customers.

Beyond being a maritime platform where the Company operate more than 10,000 consolidations per year or a warehouse offering all the services of storage, repackaging and value-added services, this new hub is indeed a multimodal platform intended to supply all the Greater Paris region.

Also known as ‘GreenHub’, the multimodal Hub is fully in line with the Group's CSR approach and is in perfect harmony with the environmental values of Bolloré Transport & Logistics. For this operation, Bolloré Logistics is committed to respecting the most demanding environmental standards in terms of responsible construction and to take action on essential points; installations that enable cost and CO2 control solutions, energy management, the preservation of water resources and the natural spaces of fauna and flora, adaptation of means of transport, quality of life at work. This is a CSR and QHSE approach hailed by the award of several environmental certifications such as NF HQE , LEED 4 Silver, Ecocert and BiodiverCity.

Normandy is a connected and strategic region for transport and logistics activities. Bolloré Transport & Logistics has demonstrated a deep conviction in the potential development of the Normandy region. Bolloré Transport & Logistics not only invested in the Logistics Park of the Pont de Normandie but also in the conversion of the former refinery of Petit-Couronne into an oil storage depot and the modernisation of the container terminal in Rouen.