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Enhancement of containerised freight flows on
small waterways (ECSWA)
Inland Terminals, untapped opportunities 28
September 2006 Willy Robijns, EFIP
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Content

• Key Objective
• Push barge concept
• Expected results
• Project partners
• Work plan
• Results Action 1 and Action 2
• Manning requirements
• Conclusions
• More information

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1. Key Objective

• Development of a push barge to double loading
  capacity and implementation of an innovative
  logistics concept
• ? transport maritime containers or other cargo
  from/to class 2 waterways to/from main waterways
  and mainports
• ? decrease of freight rates

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2. Push barge concept
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2. Push barge concept

• Barge has its own propulsion system
• can pass through the locks separately
• Technical design in development

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3. Expected Results

• Using to the full extent the existing class 2
  waterway capacity without large infrastructure
  investments
• Enhancement of the attractiveness of small
  waterways as location for industry
• Transnational modal shift from road to waterways
  and reduction of congestion in the mainports
• Strengthening of the links between the mainports
  and the hinterland by densifying transport flows
  between hinterland terminals and seaport
  terminals

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4. Project Partners

• ECSWA has received subsidy from Interreg IIIB
  North-West Europe
• Lead partner
• Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV (BE)
• Partner 2
• Incodelta Zuid-Nederland (NL)

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4. Project Partners

• Other partners
• Public partners
• nv De Scheepvaart (BE)
• Multimodaal Coördinatie en Adviescentrum (MCA)
  (NL)
• Private partners
• Maxx-Thiébaut n.v. (BE)
• Pro-Log B.V. (NL)
• Barge Terminal Tilburg b.v. (NL)
• Mercurius Scheepvaart b.v. (NL)
• Project co-ordination Buck Consultants
  International (BE)

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5. Work Plan
Action 1 Inventory of waterway infrastructure
Action 2 Market Potential
Action 3 Logistics concept
Action 4 Regional-economic concept
Action 5 Leasing of 2 second-hand push barges
Action 8 Communication and dissemination of
results
Action 6 Test Run
Action 7 Defining a business exploitation
framework
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6. Results Action 1

• Technical Task Force
• Inventory of waterway infrastructure in Flanders
  and Southern Netherlands
• Agreement on measurements and technical
  characteristics of barge vessel combination
• ? 3 scenarios
• Length of 38 metres
• Length of 50 metres most optimal
• Length of 62 metres

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6. Results Action 2

• Qualitative analysis of market potential of
  push-barge concept
• Quantitative analysis of market potential
  interviews of shippers located in the vicinity of
  small waterways

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6. Results Action 2

• Example of interview results
• Leuven-Dijle Canal

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Leuven-Dijle inbound
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20.000 t
15.000 t
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78.000 t
30.000 t
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60 mln liter
60.000 t
tbd
tbd
80.000 t
64.000 t
België, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Engeland
Wallonië
tbd

• Boortmeerbeek
• Leuven
• Hever
• Leuven-Wijgmaal
• Kamperhout

Limburg, Antwerpen, Duitsland
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Leuven-Dijle outbound
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tbd
Nederland
60.000 t
Roeselare
1.600 t
6.205 teu
60.000 t
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België

• Leuven
• 4 Leuven-Wijgmaal
• 6 Herent

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6. Results Action 2

• Southern Netherlands and Flanders
• More than 3.500.000 t dry bulk
• More than 14.000 TEUs
• OR
• More than 185.000 trucks p/a
• (1 truck 20 t, 1,5 TEU or 50 m3)

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7. Manning requirements

• Crucial
• Being discussed with national authorities

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8. Conclusions

• Shiftable freight potential exists
• Many positive effects
• Emissions
• Regional economy
• New building investments are high
• Incentives need to be made available by European
  Commission and national/regional authorities

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9. More information?

• www.ecswa.org
• Project Manager
• Mr. Willy Robijns
• Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail willy.robijns_at_wenz.be