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Rhine ports : towards a new stage

Friday 8 June 2012

90% of the European containers carried by waterway circulate in the wider Rhine area. The centre of gravity has moved from the mid-Rhine to the lower Rhine, notably because of the growing interest of the seaports for inland hubs. A phase of change new appears to be under way. It is translated by a concentration of the stakeholders present and a strategy of the grouping of the inland port managements. It could open a new growth cycle based on networks of terminals and a reinforced complementarity between river and rail. Projects are multiplying. Panorama

Navigation, ports & intermodalité

Source : Dossier Ports du Rhin Supérieur - Navigation, ports & intermodalité, pp. 11-21

Tag : Europe / France / International trade and port strategy / Economy, logistics and employment / Port developments / Germany / Belgium / Netherlands / Strasbourg / Switzerland / Basel / Mulhouse / Mainz / Colmar / Karlsruhe
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