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4 Blue Line Logistics Antwerpen-Brussels<br />
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Location<br />
Scale<br />
Tag<br />
“Blue Line Logistics will bring a revolution into inland<br />
shipping”<br />
<strong>City</strong> Port<br />
Hinterland Company Smart Logistics<br />
MANUFACTURERS<br />
MANUFACTURERS<br />
Delta Region Delta Region<br />
hinterland hinterland<br />
Wienerberger, Wienerberger,<br />
Coeck concrete Coeck concrete factory factory<br />
Port Region Port Region<br />
Zulu 01 Zulu and 02 01 and 02<br />
COMPANIES COMPANIES in in<br />
the city the (port) city (port)<br />
<strong>City</strong> Port <strong>City</strong> Port<br />
BLUE LINE BLUE LINE<br />
LOGISTICS LOGISTICS<br />
DEPOTS, DEPOTS, QUAYS QUAYS<br />
<strong>City</strong> Logistics, <strong>City</strong> Logistics, Shipit, Delcatrans<br />
Shipit, Delcatrans<br />
Entity<br />
Entity<br />
flow of goods flow of goods flow of knowledge flow of knowledge or influence or influence industrial symbiosis industrial symbiosis other other<br />
What’s happening? How does it happen?<br />
A newly established shipping company that has designed<br />
and built boats suitable for palletised cargoes.<br />
The design is based on the concept of a catamaran<br />
allowing the cargo to be (un)loaded asymmetricaly.<br />
This is very innovative as the cargo can be driven directly<br />
on deck with a forklift or by use of a small crane.<br />
In this respect the ship can handle a cargo of 300 tons<br />
ora 200 pallets and with its relatively limited draught<br />
is also very suitable for small waterways.<br />
Why is this an interesting circular initiative for<br />
circular harbours?<br />
Waterbound logistics is only strategic and competitive<br />
with road transport if you can ship large quantities,<br />
thus mainly shipping bulk materials. Costs are<br />
mainly related to transhipment as it requires time and<br />
infrastructure. The technology of this boat allows for<br />
other kind of goods to be transported along waterways.<br />
As such, palletized goods can be easily transhipped<br />
as it doesn’t require specialy equiped infrastructure<br />
and the impact on the quay stays limited.