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Karl
Le Havre, France
23 years
Work for China Shipping France

On Flickr since June 2009, I am happy to share my passion for ships and if you’re interested to use photos from “Le Havre ships” that’s fine, advise me by mail and please mention the copyright : Karl GOLHEN. Thanks.

My favorite cruise ship is the Grand Princess class.

As a passenger, I sailed on the :
- Pride of Le Havre I
- Pride of Le Havre II
- Pride of Portsmouth
- Pride of Hampshire
- Pride of Bilbao
- Sea France Renoir
- Sea France Rodin
- M/V Pont-Aven
- Wight Link ferries

Ports I have visited :
- Le Havre
- Bangkok
- Antwerp
- Rotterdam
- Southampton

Ports I would like to visit :
- Hamburg
- Singapore
- Shanghai / Yangshan
- Hong Kong
- Pusan




My camera is a Nikon D40. Lens Sigma DC 18-200mm HSM.

This is my second Flickr account : www.flickr.com/photos/karlos_76600/

*** About the history of Le Havre (the haven) ***

Due to the silting-up of the ports of Harfleur (north bank) and Honfleur (south bank) a new port was founded in October 1517 by King Francis 1st. A year later the first ships call in the new port.

Built on swampy lands, the draining of the area was achieved by the Dutch, as they were already renowned for their experience.

The new city was called “Franciscopolis” after the king’s name, it was later changed to “Le Havre de Grâce” and then shortened to “Le Havre” during the French Revolution. Already at that time, the port was the second largest in France.


*** About the Port of Le Havre ***

- The leading French worldport for foreign trade
- The leading French worldport for container traffic with nearly 2,50 million TEU in 2008, or more than 60% of all the containers handled in French worldports
- 40% of all French crude oil passes through Le Havre
- 5th largest worldport in Europe, nearly 80.5 million tons of cargo each year
- worldport calls by 6,180 ships in 2006

Le Havre was the first port in France to welcome container carriers and the first ship was the "Container Despacher" on 25th November 1966.

Port of Le Havre sites :

www.havre-port.fr/

extrapah.havre-port.net/

Port video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qJxOBWfMw&feature=fvsr

You wish to know more about Le Havre, please visit :

www.lehavretourisme.com/

Je vis ailleurs - Je vis au Havre
www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ei4a_je-vis-ailleurs-je-vis-a...

Project "Odyssey 21"
www.dailymotion.com/video/xbwv05_le-havre-projet-odyssey-...

Cruise ships- Le Havre Gateway to Paris and Normandy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I3D3Fm9CMA&feature=youtube_g...








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