Post on 06-Aug-2015
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FACTS & FIGURESTRANSPORT FOR RHINE DELTA TO MEDITERRANEAN
WATER CUTS CONGESTION
Western Europe has the continent’s most concentrated network of waterways, linking industrial heartlands to each other, and the sea
90 million inhabitants EUR 910 billion GDP Water transport a recognised and innovative mode
74 million tonnes delivered by canal & riverHighly developed infrastructure . Number of inland waterway ports & terminals:
Belgium 32 France 34 Germany 73 Netherlands 59 Switzerland 5
All types of cargo carried: short & long distance
WATER CARRYING GREATER VOLUMES
Creating better links for better networks
Rhine-Mediterranean (completion 2025)
Antwerp-Paris (completion 2018)
NEW CONNECTIONS COMING UP
100+ km new high capacity canal linking Rivers Seine and Scheldt to be built
Capable of carrying 4,400 tonne vessels from Amsterdam to Paris and Le Havre
Water transport’s share of freight market in France will leap from 3% to 10%
Three trucks per minutes taken off the roads, saving 250,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year
Boost to tourism and water supply management New link canal opens in 2017!
THE SEINE-SCHELDT LINK
New high capacity canal in France to link rivers between Amsterdam and Marseille (1,300 Kms)
Linking up Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland for congestion-free traffic
Opens in 2025!
NORTH SEA- MEDITERRANEAN LINK