têtière 220x115 - 32nd Meeting of Urbanism Agencies - visits

Workshop visit - The Port of Gennevilliers, a metropolitan space opening onto the axis of the Seine

july 14th 2011

Integrated into an urban setting with a heavy infrastructure, economic development, a large network of urban services, concern for the environment and quality.... what makes for a competitive urban port on the Seine axis?

 

The Ports de Paris has 70 river ports strung out along the Seine, of which 6 are true platforms. The Port of Gennevilliers, with its 6 harbour docks, constitutes the flagship. As a major depot for containers in transit from Rouen and Le Havre, it is part of the supply system of Greater Paris, at a time when numerous developments in river transport are taking place.

 

As a pinta-modal platform (400 hectares, 20 million tonnes of traffic, 270 businesses), the Port of Gennevilliers is having to take an increasingly active role in the process of developing eco-friendly urban logistics. Through its connection to the city, nestled in a loop of the Seine, it is today a multi-functional territory. How does it see its future? To which logic(s) of governance does it subscribe? These questions will be dealt with during this day on the waterfront.

 

Organised by the Apur (Paris Urbanism Agency) in partnership with Ports de Paris.

Associated documents