Since November 2017, the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission has been building a new lock in Terneuzen. This lock will open up the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen and become an important link in the inland navigation connection between Rotterdam and Paris. Smaller inland barges can already pass through the canal from Ghent to Terneuzen as far as Paris.

Meanwhile, at Cambrai in France, a new 106-kilometre canal is being dug between the Seine and Scheldt rivers. This will soon allow inland barges six times larger to pass directly from the Western Scheldt to Paris. Terneuzen's new lock will be the front door of that new connection.

The first vessel is expected to sail through the New Lock to the ports of Terneuzen and Ghent in 2022. The more than 900 million euro project will be largely paid for by Flanders. During the company visit, you will not only learn about the works, but also about the unique cooperation in the border area of Flanders and the Netherlands (in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen).

Website: https://nieuwesluisterneuzen.eu
Information: Gert-Jan van den Dries, E: gertjanvandendries@home.nl