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