MSC Mediterranean Shipping company announced that its logistics arm, MEDLOG, has broken ground on a new multimodal platform in the Paris region. The MEDLOG Inland Terminal Paris-Bruyères project is part of a wider renovation project underway at the Port 2000 site (TN MSC) in Le Havre and will provide rail and barge connections for the region’s importers and exporters.

“The TN MSC Port 2000 project is a major investment programme by MSC’s port investment group, TIL, that will strengthen Le Havre’s role as a Northwest Europe gateway,” MSC said in a press release.

The project is of national significance, with a target of one million TEUs handled annually by 2027, and the direct creation of more than 1,000 jobs. HAROPA PORT awarded the site to TiL in 2022 after a competitive bidding process.

The MEDLOG Inland Terminal (Paris-Bruyères) will support and complement the overall terminal improvements. It is designed to provide improved infrastructure via rail and barge and enable logistics decarbonization for customers in the Paris and Greater East region.

At present, goods are mainly transported across the region via road, but the MEDLOG Inland Terminal Paris-Bruyères will provide access to this important trade hub and associated hinterland directly by barge and rail, enabling only last-mile connectivity to be performed by trucks. This will help to remove road miles and associated carbon emissions from the supply chain.

Philippe Lestrade, CEO of MSC France SAS, said: “The MEDLOG Inland Terminal Paris-Bruyères multimodal terminal is a landmark project for MSC, and we are very proud of it. It will provide an economic boost for the region, increasing containerization and raising productivity, as well as providing more direct access to MSC’s global network for customers in the Paris and Greater East region. It will also support HAROPA PORT’s ambition to create a green logistics corridor along the Seine.”

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