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原文传递 Technical - Economic study of the Seine-Scheldt connection

题名：	Technical - Economic study of the Seine-Scheldt connection
作者：	Drs. Bart KAMP; Ir. Jos?DE REGGE; Ir. Willem VAN CROMBURGGE
关键词：	Technical - Economic study ; Seine-Scheldt connection
摘要：	The Belgian waterway system consists of approximately 1,513 km of waterways which means a density of 50 metre per km2. The highest proportion of these waterways is situated in Flanders where the density is, therefore, also higher than the Belgian average. The importance of Belgium and Flanders in terms of waterborne transport is furtherly confirmed by the fact that several of the waterways that cross this part of Europe are considered as links in Trans- European Networks, notably the Albert Canal, the Canal Ghent-Terneuzen, the Scheldt, the Lys and the Brussels Canal to the Scheldt. The conjoint of Scheldt and Lys in Belgium, and the Canal Dunkerque-Valenciennes in France together with the scheduled Canal Seine-Nord are jointly denominated as the “Seine-Scheldt connection”. The former connection was “ratified” through a notification of the Court of the European Community as part of the Trans European Network (TEN), representing a major north – south link. Among others, the reason to appoint certain waterways as links in TENs, and thereby reserve budgets for their upgrading, is to achieve a significant modal shift from road to waterway transport on these corridors, which also produces social benefits such as: less congestion, less environmental pollution etc. However, achieving a modal shift is not only a matter of targeted measures like differentiating taxes and levies on the different transport modes. It also means providing the adequate, e.g. infrastructural, conditions for the different modes to be able to compete with each other. For the inland navigation mode, this also means adapting the waterways, and especially those selected as Trans-European-Networks, in view of changes in fleet composition and corresponding waterway characteristics (such as draught, minimum height under bridges, minimum width). In order to determine the most adequate way of preparing the mentioned waterways on Belgian and French ground into the Seine-Scheldt connection, several studies were carried out, after which a mix of traditional and highly innovative policy decision support tools were used.
总页数：	Proceedings of the 30th PIANC-AIPCN Congress. Sydney Australia. 22-26 Sept. 2002. pp16
报告类型：	科技报告