Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta

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