Le havre's urban traffic mainly depends on the huge public transport system. The city also plans to build a tram system. There is a ferry from the main station to Portsmouth, England, which is operated by LD Lines.
Le havre Port is a deep-water seaport with a channel depth of 14m, which can receive large ships all day without waiting for the tide to enter. Facing the busy English Channel,14 of the world's goods pass through here. Therefore, it has long been one of the important ports in Europe, which not only undertakes the transshipment of goods between France and North and South America, but also is an ideal transit port between Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Scotland. According to the port throughput (55.29 million tons, 1992), le havre is the second largest port in France after Marseille, but according to the container freight volume (875,000 TEU, 1994), le havre ranks first in France, higher than Marseille, Rouen and Nantes. Le havre is the first port of call for ocean-going ships crossing the Atlantic route to Europe on the French coastline, and the last port of call before leaving Europe. It is the second largest export port in France. Energy (crude oil and coal) accounts for 65% of the total port transportation. According to the types of terminals, the main terminal berths in the port area are: container terminal (13), oil terminal (10), grocery terminal (9), bulk cargo terminal (3) and oil terminal (65438+). Container terminal (3,700 meters), general cargo terminal (2,205 meters), oil terminal (1.582 meters), bulk cargo terminal (654 meters) and oil terminal (400 meters) occupy a long coastline. Bulk cargo terminals can dock ships with a maximum deadweight tonnage of 250,000 tons, and oil terminals can dock supertankers with a maximum deadweight tonnage of 550,000 tons. Dock loading and unloading efficiency: per hour 1200 tons of coal; 600 tons of bulk sugar per hour; The ore is discharged at the rate of 2000 tons per hour.