Transport in Belgium - Belgium Water Transport

Transport in Belgium - Belgium Water Transport

Belgium Ports and Harbours

Belgium Sea Ports

• Antwerp - Port of Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports)
• Bruges (Zeebrugge) - Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge (one of the busiest in Europe)
• Ghent - Port of Ghent
• Ostend - Port of Ostend

Belgium Main Inland Ports

• Brussels - Port of Brussels (also accessible for ocean-going ships)
• Liège - Port of Liège (one of the busiest in Europe)

European Portuary Context

• European Sea Ports Organisation ESPO
• European Federation of Inland Ports FEPI
• Inland Navigation Europe INE
• 2002 ranking of world ports by tonnage and by container volume (in TEU) Port ranking

Belgium Merchant Marine

Belgium Waterways

The Belgian waterway network has 2,043 km, 1,532 km of which is in regular commercial use. The main waterways are the Albert Canal connecting Antwerp to Liège, the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal through the port of Ghent connecting Ghent with the Westerschelde, the Boudewijn Canal through the port of Bruges-Zeebrugge connecting Bruges with the North Sea, the Brussels-Charleroi Canal, Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal and Scheldt connecting Charleroi to Antwerp, the Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes Canal and Scheldt connecting the Borinage to Antwerp, the connection between the North Sea and Antwerp and the connection between Dunkerque and Liège via the Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes Canal, the Canal du Centre, the lower Sambre and the Meuse. Waterways are managed on a regional level in Belgium. The region of Brussels only managed 14 km of waterways from the Anderlecht lock to the Vilvoorde bridge. In Flanders, the management of waterways is outsourced to 4 companies: NV De Scheepvaart, Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken, Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust and Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV.