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4 Blue Line Logistics Antwerpen-Brussels<br />
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What is the relation with the port and water?<br />
The boats are operative on the Scheldt river, the<br />
Albert Canal and the canal from Antwerp to Brussels.<br />
Also they will be used in ports abroad like Amsterdam<br />
or Paris. As such the boat can connect production<br />
and recycling sites in the hinterland with producers<br />
and consumers in the city (port).<br />
What is the relation with the city?<br />
The goods that can be shipped, are more related to<br />
goods that the city consumes or produces. These<br />
goods can be transhipped on a quay close to the city,<br />
where smaller trucks deliver the goods to consumers<br />
or producers in the city (port). From the city, packaging<br />
or waste materials can be transhipped to recycling<br />
facilities located in industrial ports or sites<br />
along the waterway.<br />
What are the ambitions?<br />
Offering an alternative transportation mode, with<br />
focus on smaller loads via inland waterways. The<br />
first initiatives are starting with building materials,<br />
but also the retail sector and urban distribution (daily<br />
consumer goods) could transport smaller quantities<br />
more quickly and efficiently. These are companies<br />
that normally don’t look at waterbound logistics<br />
as their goods would be too small.<br />
Also, Blue Line Logistics is doing test cases with unmanned<br />
inland vessels that will be further explored<br />
in the near future in calm trajectories.<br />
Who is behind it?<br />
The ships were produced on the initiative of a private<br />
entrepreneur, in the region around Antwerp<br />
(Hemiksem and Rupelmonde). <strong>City</strong> Logistics, a part<br />
of Bpost, has started in 2014 with the consolidation<br />
of goods of a number of large carriers destined for<br />
the city centre or for companies in the port area.<br />
From there they will be distributed by smaller trucks<br />
on different routes in the city and the port.<br />
Sources<br />
www.flows.be/nl/logistics/city-logistics-en-blue-line-logistics-samenop-het-water<br />
www.madeinantwerpen.be/nieuws/blue-line-logistics<br />
What is the timeframe?<br />
Start with two Zulu’s, focussing on<br />
building materials, in collaboration<br />
with specific companies<br />
Collaboration with <strong>City</strong><br />
Logistics and other city<br />
distribution initiatives<br />
Ambition to have ten or<br />
more ships operational<br />
2015 2015 2020<br />
The new inland vessels, Zulu 01 and 02, are well suited for inland waterways<br />
and city distribution.<br />
Traditional inland vessels are not suitable for transhipment of palletised<br />
goods. Thanks to the crane on the boat, there is no need for large infrastructure<br />
on the quay.
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