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Rhine bank<br />
Key Transport and<br />
Logistics Hub<br />
Basel has become a top logistics hub thanks to its strategic<br />
location linking <strong>Switzerland</strong>, France and Germany and<br />
its exceptional multimodal transport infrastructure.<br />
Hans-Peter Wessels, Councillor of State for Transport<br />
and Construction for the Canton of Basel, explains,<br />
“Despite its small physical area, the canton of Basel<br />
has been <strong>Switzerland</strong>’s most rapidly growing canton for<br />
the past 10 years, and for the most part this is due to<br />
its strong infrastructure and strategic location along<br />
the Rhine River. Around 13% of <strong>Switzerland</strong>’s export<br />
revenues are from shipments passing through Basel on<br />
the Rhine, thus making this canton, and its transport<br />
industry in particular, critical for the future development<br />
of <strong>Switzerland</strong> as a whole.”<br />
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