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Le Havre welcomes Malaysian palm
oil shippers
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Port of Le Havre, the biggest French Port welcomes Malaysian palm oil
shippers to use its port facilities and services as the main gateway markets
in France as well as other European markets.
Le Havre as the biggest cargo handling port in France and the fifth biggest
port in the Europe is confident of offering compatible total logistics
solution for Malaysian palm oil shippers said the Executive Director of Le
Havre Port, Jean-Marc Lacave.
“We are the first port of call on the Far East–Europe trade route. Ships
sailing from ports in the Far East, including Malaysia will be able to
unload the cargoes in Le Havre first before reaching any other major
European port with similar palm oil handling facilities like Rotterdam,
Antwerp, Felixstowe and Hamburg,” he said.
Lacave said by using Le Havre palm oil shippers would be able to reach not
only France but also the 450 million people European market that the port
serves,” said Lacave who led a delegation from the port to promote Le Havre
to Malaysian shippers.
Beside that we are two hour away from Paris by road plays significant part
as an international transit port for fuel products, industrial bulk goods,
agribusiness produce and containers.
Malaysia is an important trading country with France with a total trade
value amounting to USD3.3 billion last year.
A total of 22,000 TEUs from Malaysia entered Le Havre port and 13,000 TEUs
from Le Havre port landed at Malaysian ports in 2005. |
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