(With downloadable infographic) The basins of the Seine and the Scheldt are two of Europe’s most important industrial regions. The Seine-Scheldt project is to link the two.
At present, there is still no navigable waterway for large container and push-towing ships between the two regions. France, Wallonia and Flanders are setting up the Seine-Scheldt Project to remedy this. In this way, Flanders, which is the gateway to the whole Scheldt and Rhine delta in the Netherlands and Germany, will be linked to Le Havre, Rouen and Paris.
France
In France, the navigable Seine-Scheldt route runs from Paris northwards as far as the Belgian border. A completely new canal 106 kilometres long (the Seine-Nord Europe Canal) – currently a missing link – will be dug between Compiègne and Cambrai.
Wallonia and Flanders
The route enters Belgium via the River Lys at Deûlemont and runs across Wallonian territory to Wervik. It then continues via the Lys and the Lys Diversion Canal as far as the Ghent-Ostend Canal. From there it runs along the Northern section of the Ghent Ring Canal to the harbour of Ghent and up the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal to the Scheldt.
Hydraulic Engineering Special in SWZ Maritime
In SWZ Maritime's May issue, the Seine-Scheldt project was discussed in detail. Subscribers can read the full article online. The article in the magazine features an extensive, detailed infographic on the Seine-Scheldt project by BNSP.
Download this infographic here.
