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the port of Antwerp has joined to the European Federation of Inland Ports
Currently a third party of the traffic of container from and for the Belgian port is enlivened for fluvial way
April 23, 2013
(EFIP). The income of the Belgian marine port in the association of European the internal and fluvial ports is approved of officially in the course of the reunion of the managing committee of the held EFIP last week to Vlissingen.
EFIP has remembered that Antwerp is according to greater European marine port and that, with a traffic almost 90 million tons transported on the net of internal navigable ways, Antwerp has also an important function which internal port: currently a third party of the traffic of container from and for the port of Antwerp is enlivened for fluvial way and the Belgian port of call has the objective to increase this percentage until 40% within 2020.
"The port of Antwerp - it has emphasized president of EFIP, Jean-Louis Jérôme - is very connected with the net of navigable ways and is obvious that the port of Antwerp is using this resource fully. With the development of intermodal projects, the port aimed to ulteriorly reduce the transit time of the barges in port and to optimize the connections via barge between the port and its outback, being improved so the relations between the port and its hinterland. Under this Antwerp aspect it has the same objectives of EFIP. We receive therefore with favor the port of Antwerp as new associated. We do not see the hour to work together on how in order to improve the fluvial connections between the marine ports and the internal ports".
"Being associated to EFIP - the managing director of the Harbour Authority of Antwerp has commented, Eddy Bruyninckx - the port of Antwerp confirmation the intention to ulteriorly strengthen the role of the sustainable modalities of transport and to create effective and stable ties with the ports inland".
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(EFIP). The income of the Belgian marine port in the association of European the internal and fluvial ports is approved of officially in the course of the reunion of the managing committee of the held EFIP last week to Vlissingen.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
