Seine-Scheldt, an
invesment in the future
for European territories
The essentials of the network
News
25 October 2024
Prior consultation on the project to double the capacity of the Fontinettes lock at Arques in the Pas de Calais
Voies navigables de France is launching a preliminary consultation on the project to double the capacity of the Fontinettes lock at Arques[...]
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24 October 2024
The Seine-Scheldt EEIG visits the inclined plane of Ronquières
At the invitation of the Walloon Public Service, the members of the Seine-Scheldt EEIG held their monthly meeting on Friday 18 October at[...]
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15 October 2024
Members of the Seine-Scheldt IGC attend the inauguration of the Méricourt locks
At the invitation of VNF’s Bassin de Seine et Loire aval territorial division, and in the presence of Sophie Primas, Minister Delegate[...]
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MOBILITY OF THE FUTURE
As Europe’s largest waterway network, Seine-Scheldt will double the trading capacity in the areas crossed and accelerate modal shift to waterways.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Seine-Scheldt will boost logistical and industrial activity along its 1,100 km of navigable waterways and strengthen the performance of companies using waterway transport.
THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
Seine-Scheldt will prevent the traffic of millions of heavy-goods vehicles on the roads, for the benefit of waterways, the means of transport with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions.
The timetable
The Implementing Decision includes :
- improving navigation conditions for the Seine-Amont, from Nogent-sur-Seine to Paris by December 2030;
- modernising and improving navigation conditions for the Seine-Aval, from Suresnes to Le Havre, by December 2027 ;
- changing the gauge of the waterways to allow the movement of larger vessels and improving navigation conditions for the Oise, from Conflans Sainte-Honorine to Compiègne (including the MAGEO project), by December 2028 ;
- constructing and commissioning the Seine-Nord Europe Canal, from Compiègne to Aubencheul-au-Bac, by December 2030 ;
- changing the gauge of the waterways to allow access for larger vessels and improve navigation on the Dunkirk-Scheldt axis, by December 2027 ;
- reopening and upgrading the Condé-Pommeroeul canal to allow the movement of larger vessels, by October 2023 ;
- upgrading the Walloon backbone, from Pommeroeul to Namur, to adapt it to the movement of larger vessels, by December 2030 ;
- upgrading the waterways and adapting structures (locks, bridges) on the Upper Scheldt, in the Walloon and Flemish regions, by 2030 ;
- changing the gauge of the Lys, in the Flemish region, the Walloon region and France, to allow the movement of three layers of containers by December 2030 ;
- modernising the Flemish sections of the inland waterways connected to the Seine-Scheldt by December 2024.
They make the network
They make the network
Seine-Scheldt on social networks
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