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A constant effort to improve hinterland connections
The Port of Antwerp and its partners are investing in the following major infrastructure projects and
continuous process improvements in the short and medium term:
Road transport
· Increased capacity:
– expansion of the main highway
between Antwerp and the Ruhr
region in Germany (E313)
A
– upgrading the Antwerp ring
road
B
· Improved efficiency between the
port and its hinterland:
– reducing empty container
moves on the road, thanks to
efficient repositioning
– cargo consolidation, with
multimodal platforms in and
around the port area
– Dynamic Traffic Management
system in the port
– advance notice of arrival times
of trucks at container terminals
in the port (realised)
Rail transport
· Increased capacity:
– expansion of the rail access to
the port (30% increase, from
360 to 470 trains per day)
– construction of an additional
rail tunnel between the left and
right banks of the river Scheldt
(increase with 109 trains/
direction per day) C
· Improved efficiency within the
port:
– development of open and
neutral, intra-port distribution
system for rail containers
Barge transport
· Increased capacity:
– raising the bridges on the
Albert Canal, allowing
containers to be stacked 4-high
in container barges
D
· Improved efficiency between the
port and its hinterland:
– advance notice of barge arrival
times (realised)
– daily fixed slots for pick-up
and delivery of containers by
barge at container terminals
throughout the port (realised)
Maximum fl exibility in choice of hinterland transport modes