According to a spokesperson for the port, the action taken by the GPMH together with the operator of the Ro-ro terminal is bearing fruit. Ro-ro traffic in the Port of Le Havre has seen strong growth for the past two years. In August 2010, 223,240 new and second-hand vehicles were routed through the terminal, compared with 137,700 over the same period in 2009.
To meet customer needs and growth in traffic, 10 hectares of yard have been commissioned north of Bougainville Quay, west of the Ro-ro terminal, bringing the total available surface area of the terminal to 80 hectares.
In June, the RORO MAX project was officially launched. The project is aiming to make Le Havre the reference port for car traffic. The ultimate goal is to provide ??100 hectares of compound in order to handle 500,000 new vehicles a year by 2015. The project would eventually create around 150 jobs on the terminal.