Atlantic Area GATEWAY Trends for goods Michel PUYRAZAT, Président du directoire du Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle For the second year, the EIGSI General Engineering School organizes in La Rochelle, France, a high quality forum focused on interregional mobility in the Atlantic Area. La Rochelle Mobility Forum is part of a 4 high quality forum cycle. Climatlantic is a project co‐funded by INTERREG IVB ATLANTIC AREA Programme,aimed at developing an Atlantic Strategic Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the reduction of the Carbon Footprint covering four main pillars: mobility, energy, territorial management and social behavior.

1. Improve complementarity between modes of transport
to reduce carbon footprint
20th February 2014

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What is a Port?
A Port :
• Develops terrestrial and maritime areas
• Is a tool for sustainable development for service to the
Northwest territories
• Generates social end economic resources for the territory

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A few words about La Rochelle Port
• 6th biggest French Port (7th) with it’s annual traffic.
• 9,7 Mt of annual traffic.
Imports: Petroleum, forest products, …
Exports: Cereals
Céréales
Cé éales
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• Exceptional intrinsic qualities.
•120 M€ public investment and 100 M€
private investment over 5 years.
• 16 300 direct, indirect and resulting employees
• A slightly industrialized region.
Produits forestiers
Produits
forestiers

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A market social and environmental responsibility
Sustainable charter
10 axes and 64 shareholders
Certified ISO 9 001 and 14 001
(Quality and Environment)
Evaluated ISO 26 000
(among the 100 most socially
responsible French companies).

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Dynamic evolution of traffic
2013
Main Strengths :
• Quality of water and land access
• Synergy between public and private operators

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Port anchor in it’s hinterland
To encourage modal shift, a port
must:
- Develop its water areas and
land,
- Be rooted in its hinterland:
=> Have road infrastructure
and rail quality.
=> Host logistical dynamic
partners.
=> Even, become a logistician.

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Why develop rail traffic in the Port ?
•To reduce the ecological footprint of transport goods.
• To expand the hinterland of the Port, improve its competitiveness and to
meet the strategic needs of its customers by providing an alternative to the
road.
 The Rail mode is a tool for sustainable development.
 Complementarity and coordination between the different transport
modes is crucial..

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The advantages of developing rail traffic for the Port
Ports are exceptional logistic platforms, combining:
• massive maritime flows
• road stream
• Rail flows
A port must achieve efficiency and organization to split up the
entering flow of goods.
It must be a "catalyst" for modal shift.

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The ports’s actions to encourage modal shift
•
Have a quality rail infrastructure.
•
Ensure operating modes promote productivity and flexibility of
rail services.
•
Being able to offer a Maritime Service - Iron.
•
Being able to provide its customers with an optimal rail link.

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Creating a port rail operator
The port has established a Railway Operator: OFP Atlantic
Subsidiary of the Port of La Rochelle, the Port of Nantes and
ECR(euro cargo rail).
Mission:
Boost the supply of rail freight to origin or to a destination port for
any client throughout the French territory:
• Encourage a modal shift,
• Creating new flow of transport to and from the port.
The Port has become a logistics coordinator in itself, with the ability to
direct the flow.

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The annual volume of goods transported by rail
increased
+ 88 % in 5 years
• 1,25 Mt of rail traffic in 2013.
• 13% modal share (compared to 9%
in 2007).
• 60 000 heavy weights avoided on
average per year.
• An ambition shared with local
authorities and the State.
SNCF
ECR
OFPA

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To encourage modal shift, outside the port
• Consolidate flows on multimodal platforms.
• Improve emphasis on the transfer of cargo compared to
the traveler.
• Preserve the state of secondary rail infrastructure.
• Organize the development of the service offered.