New canal will facilitate sustainable transport of goods
Sweco and Arcadis are partners of a consortium responsible for planning and design of a large waterway for inland vessels up to 4,400 tonnes between France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe is the client."We are very proud to be involved in an assignment to redesign European freight transport in a sustainable way," says Erwin Malcorps, Managing Director Sweco Belgium.
The new canal in France will cover 107 kilometres between the Oise in Compiègne and the Dunkirk-Scheldt canal near Cambrai. A total of seven locks, three navigable aqueducts and 61 bridges