Antwerp s port authority investing EUR 1.6 billion

摘要

The Antwerp port authority (Belgium) is using an ambitious investment plan to secure the port's long-term status and competitiveness. Approval of the EUR 1.6 billion long-term financial plan (2011-2025) has been obtained. Under the terms of the scheme Antwerp, Europe's second largest port, will be equipped with new roads, additional tram and light rail projects, footpaths, and initiatives to promote barge and rail transport. In addition, construction work on a new lock on the left bank of the River Scheldt estuary is due to start next summer. The port authority said that the selection procedure for construction is on the brink of closure. Over and above this, the Wassland canal and the Canal dock are to be modified.