Advanced BioFuels USA

(Haropa Port (Google Translation)) With the unloading of an ethanol barge operated by the river shipowner SOGESTRAN at the river terminal of the SOGEPP depot located in the port of Gennevilliers, the entire supply chain dedicated to biofuels is gaining momentum at the scale of the Seine axis.

With new flows operated by SOGEPP (Société de Gestion de Produits Pétroliers) which use multimodality for the transport of energy products, a supply chain dedicated to biofuels is gaining momentum across the Seine axis. 
HAROPA PORT wishes in particular to develop river transport between the Normandy seaports and the Paris region for products which cannot pass through pipelines (ethanols, diester, etc.) and which until now were mainly transported by road. 

The SOGEPP site in Gennevilliers, which mainly serves service stations in Ile-de-France but also in neighboring regions, is the first depot in the Ile-de-France region to invest in river logistics to ensure the development of biosourced and sustainable liquid energy products . 

A specially created transhipment quay

In order to support this initiative, HAROPA PORT built a river transshipment quay in 2022 for an amount of €1.1 million. It can also be used for other activities: in particular construction or for the circular economy.
A project made possible thanks to the financial support of Voies navigables de France as part of the modal shift aid plan co-financed by the Ile-de-France region.

A first unloading of an ethanol barge carried out in January 2023 made it possible to validate the placement and the connectors of the quay. Since then, the stopovers follow each other on a regular basis.

The development of new flows

SOGEPP intends to position itself as a concentrator of these flows for the Paris region – with 12,000 tonnes targeted this year – and a total of 20,000 tonnes of traffic for the coming years.

Eventually, the SOGEPP company will also offer a range of bio-fuels which could also generate maritime flows estimated at some 18,000 tonnes per year. The company is also continuing to work on a solution for the “fluvialization” of crude oil flows produced in Ile-de-France to refineries in Normandy.

More broadly, this project is part of a virtuous approach to the development of new biosourced energy products , such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil); but also B 100, a biofuel composed of 100% fatty acid methyl esters.

A strategic orientation which fully participates in the energy transition carried by HAROPA PORT on the entire Seine axis. READ MORE