Seafrigo consolidates its presence in Le Havre

The Seafrigo group is strengthening its presence in the Port of Le Havre area by setting up a facility located at the Seafrigo Logistics Park.

The logistics facility near Le Havre’s Red Bridge will comprise of two warehouses whose construction began last September. Each warehouse, designed for the storage of dry products, will cover an area of 30,000m².

The dry 60,000m² facility is expected to be operational in October 2021 and will be in addition to the 16,000m² buildings dedicated to the already existing flows of fresh and deep-frozen products.

“Based at the heart of the port infrastructure, the Seafrigo Logistics Park provides rapid access to Rungis wholesale market. Our close partnerships with major shipping lines also enable us to ship products to all destinations leaving from and arriving at Le Havre,” commented Eric Barbé, chairman and CEO of the Seafrigo group.

The Port of Le Havre said it is pleased to be able to assist the international food logistics specialist in the conversion of this vacant lot for the benefit of a project that will underpin industrial, logistics and maritime activities that generate value-added.

Baptiste Maurand, CEO of Haropa – Le Havre Port, has underlined the support of AG Real Estate France to the Seafrigo’s project, saying, “The decisiveness shown by these companies in choosing to create this new facility testifies to their confidence in our Port and the attractiveness of the Seine Axis.”

“AG Real Estate has already invested in Le Havre through its 92,000m² XXL logistics project, delivery of which is scheduled for the second quarter of 2021, and is the owner of the building constructed for Seafrigo. This further investment in the Port of Le Havre allows us to confirm our interest in supporting logistics actors for so-called ‘turnkey’ programmes,” added Thibault Delamain, CEO of AG Real Estate France.

Source: Container News