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On The Design of Ships For Estuary Service

2006; Volume: 148; Issue: a2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3940/rina.ijme.2006.a2.8306

1740-2700

P Truijens, Marc Vantorre, T. Vanderwerff,

Maritime Navigation and Safety

The Flemish deep-sea port of Zeebrugge is very successful as a ro-ro terminal. Its development as a container transit port however is hampered to some extent by the lack of an adequate connection of the Bruges – Zeebrugge area with the Belgian inland waterways network. The port of Antwerp for instance is at the hub of three main inland waterways, and there 27% of hinterland traffic is carried by inland navigation, whereas this figure is only 2 to 3% for Zeebrugge.