Connecting Europe Facility Improvement of vessel access to the Port of TRANSPORT Rouen dredging from Courval to Rouen,

creation of an emergency backup berth, port Member States involved: infrastructure adaptation France

Implementation schedule 2014-FR-TM-0323-W Start date: January 2015 Atlantic Corridor End date: March 2019

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €76,200,000

Maximum EU contribution: €30,480,000

Percentage of EU support: 40%

Beneficiary & implementing body: Grand Port Maritime de Rouen (GPMR) www.haropaports.com/fr/rouen

Additional information: Coordinator’s Report on the Corridor http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors

European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/transport

Innovation and Networks Executive Port of Rouen has been adapting its maritime access to large size vessels. Agency (INEA) Dredging works on the downstream portion of the navigation channel have http://ec.europa.eu/inea been completed and other works will soon be completed. The Action aims to improve the port's shipping infrastructure by removing technical bottlenecks currently hindering its maritime access and strengthening its maritime safety facilities.

The port is a Core Port on Le Havre-Paris section of the Atlantic Corridor. The Action includes works for dredging the Courval-Rouen section and enlarging the Hautot-sur-Seine turning basin. The Action will improve Port of Rouen competitiveness and increase safety and security of maritime operations. The Action also supports the competitiveness of inland waterways by facilitating transhipment to and from inland barges instead of heavy good vehicles for the transport from and to the hinterland, with shorter distances, up to Paris and in the future to the entire Seine-Scheldt network.

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Update: October 2015