Seine-Scheldt, an
invesment in the future
for European territories
The essentials of the network
News
6 September 2024
Seine-Nord Europe Canal: the French State authorises work to start between Passel and Aubencheul-au-Bac
This is an important new stage in the construction of the Seine-Scheldt European inland waterway network: the environmental authorisation[...]
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31 July 2024
Deepening of the Auvelais lock improves navigation conditions
It was a real obstacle to river traffic on the Walloon backbone: the lock at Auvelais (Wallonia) restricted passage on the Lower Sambre to[...]
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19 July 2024
The European Union awards a 5th grant to the Seine-Scheldt wide-gauge river network
On 16 July 2024, the European Commission’s CEF Committee voted to allocate new funding of €300 million to continue building the[...]
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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.
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Seine-Scheldt on social networks
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