1. FACTS & FIGURES
TRANSPORT FOR RHINE DELTA TO MEDITERRANEAN

2. 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

3. WATER CARRYING
GREATER VOLUMES
 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

4. NEW CONNECTIONS
COMING UP
Creating better links for better networks
Antwerp-Paris
(completion 2018)
Rhine-Mediterranean
(completion 2025)

5. THE SEINE-SCHELDT LINK
 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!

6. NORTH SEA-
MEDITERRANEAN 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!