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Sea-river shipping
C E N T R E H O L L A N DS H O RT S E A P R O M O T I O N
The main advantage of sea-river shipping is itsunique market range. Sea-river vessels canconnect the hinterland with overseas destinationswithout the need for intermediate transhipment.This results in lower transport costs and areduced risk of damage caused by additionalhandling. Minimum total load for transportation is about a1,000 tons. However, since separate holds enablesea-river vessels to carry various types of cargo atthe same time, there is tremendous flexibility inhow the total can be made up. There is also theadded benefit of floating stock - reducing theneed for storage in the company's silo orwarehouse. And finally, apart from being cheaper,transportation by water is also environmentallyfriendly.
The advantages
Sea-river shipping is one of the forms of
shortsea transport. Its concept is simple:
one vessel, sailing both coastal and inland
waters. Sea-river vessels share certain
specifications such as draught, height and
length, relating to the navigational
restrictions of rivers and canals. Sea-river
vessels do not normally exceed 3,000 dwt,
with draughts limited to 5 m and bridge
clearance to 9 m. They generally carry
conventional and bulk loads, although
container transport is now on the increase.
Sailing into Europe
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Portugal
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
87 m11.4 m3.9 m7.5 m2000/2500
Douro till Sardouro
The European sea-river fleet (Eastern Europe notincluded) comprises about 400 vessels at anaverage deadweight capacity of 2,000 dwt. The Dutch fleet, currently about 80 vessels, issteadily growing.
Sea-river shipping in Europe
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lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
135 m12 m3 m6.8 m1000/1500
The Netherlands
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Apeldoorn
Aachen
Oberhausen
Dordrecht
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Gorinchem
Utrecht Amersfoort
Den Bosch
Arnhem
Emmerich
Breda
Duisburg
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Venlo
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Nijmegen
135 m12 m3 m6.15 m1000/1500
Maas Juliana Canal
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage
134 m12.5 m3.4 m6.7 m1500/2000
Albert Canal
United Kingdom
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
110 m24.5 m5.5 mn.v.t.3000/4000
Humber till Goole
Stockton on Tees
YorkHull
Doncaster
Leeds
Nottingham
Middlesborough
Huddersfield
port
Derbynt
King’s Lynn
Mansfield
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HUMBER
LINCOLN
SHIRE
YORKSHIRE
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Sheffield
Goole
Belgium
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VLAAM
BRABA
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Puurs
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
240 m24 m8.80 m44 m10000
Zeekanaal: Schelde till Ruisbroek -Puurs
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
200 m23 m5.80 m33.4 m4500
Zeekanaal: Ruisbroek till Brussel (Voorhaven)
Germany
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Breda
Duisburg
Krefeld D sseldorf
Essen
M nchenGladbach
Maastricht
LUXEMBOURG
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Solingen
Wuppertal
Bochum
Kaiserslautern
L d i h f
Mannheim
Darmstadt
Gernsheim
Worms
Mainz
Frankfurtam Main
Hagen
Dortmund
Hamm
Charleroi
Turnhout
Genk
Hasselt
Arlon
Thionville
daal
Venlo
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G I U M
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Wiesbaden
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Kaiserslautern
Ludwigshafen
Germersheim
Mannheim
Heidelberg
Karlsruhe
Darmstadt
Gernsheim
Worms
Mainz
Frankfurtam Main
R H E I N L A N D - P F A L Z
SAARLAND
A L S A C EN E
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
110 m11.4 m2.5 m6.8 m1000/1500
110 m14 m2.5 m8.3 m1000/1500
Upper Rhine Central Rhine Lower Rhine135 m22.4 m3.5 m9.1 m2000/4000
Ovar
Vila Real
Viana do Castelo
Braga
Porto (Leixoes)Villa Nova de Gaia
ViseuAveiro
P voa de Varzim Guimar es
Matosinhos
D O U R O
M I N H O
B E I R A
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Sweden
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
88 m13.2 m5.4 m27 m3000/4000
Trollhättan Canal
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Karlstad
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Göteborg
Vänersborg Sweden
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
135 m19.6 m7.5 m41 m9000
Mälären Lake(Väsateras, Södertälje, Köping)B A
Gävle
Falun
dvikaAvesta
SalaUppsala
Västerås Stockholm
EskilstunaÖrebro
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Norrköping
Linköping Visby
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VÄSTMANLAND
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RG
135 m11.4 m3 m5.1 m1000/1500
Finland
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
82 m11.8 m4.3 m24.5 m2000/2500
Saima Canal
France
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
Seine till Gennevilliers (Paris)
Douai
Dunkerque
RoubaixBoulogne
Calais
LilleBéthune
Arras Valencie
Brusse(Bruxel
Amiens St. Quenti
CompiègneRouenLe Havre
Dieppe
en
Versailles
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B E L G
PAS-DE-CALAIS
P I C A R D I E
O R M A N D I E
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SEINEMARNE
H A N N E L
Paris
France
lengthwidthdraughtair draughttonnage*
135 m11.4 m3 m6.2 m1000/1500
Rhône Saône
G O L F E
rmont-rand
St. Etienne
Lyon
Grenoble
Annecy
Valence
Sète
Montpellier
NimesAvignon
Aix en Provence
MarseilleToulon
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* dependent of the water-level
120 m15.5 m3.5 m8.7 m1500/2000
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Karhula
Lappeenranta
Imatra
Mikkeli
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F F I N L A N D
Sea-river vessels carry mainlybulk loads such as coal, grain,raw building materials andfertilizer. They also carry neo-bulk loads such as steel, steelproducts, sawn timber andpaper, and are used forcontainer transportation. The two major users of sea-river shipping are the Germansteel industry, which isconcentrated in the Ruhr area,and the Swedish and Finnishtimber industries. These regionsof origin are determining thepredominant transport patternin this market. Steel productsflow downstream on the Rhine,while Scandinavian timber andpaper products go upstream,both destined for all parts ofEurope. Transportation of bulkproducts such as grain and ore,in the form of return loads fromthe Ruhr area and to Scan-dinavia, is also considerable.
Type of load
Although sea-river transporthas been a forgotten marketsegment for some time, wehave recently been witnessingrenewed and considerableinvestment in this area, withvarious (Dutch) shippingcompanies placing orders fornew sea-river ships. Newtechnology hasresulted in increasedbridge clearanceand lower draughtdevelopments,which have made agrowing number ofEuropean inland destinationsmore easily accessible.Trends in shipbuildingoften lead to biggervessels, but thiswould be counter-productive for thistype of coastalshipping as increasedsize would almost certainlyresult in a decrease in shippingreach. The new generation ofsea-river vessels is also smallerby tonnage. An example of anew type of sea-river vessel isprinted on the back, showing avessel measuring 80 metres inlength, 6.3 metres in height and1,700 dwt in tonnage, all atjust 3.4 metres draught.Moreover, its box-shaped holdmakes it suitable for all typesof load, including containers.
Future
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This brochure contains anoverview of sea-river shippingoptions within Europe.Although there are othershipping options apart from thecanals and rivers indicated,these are only navigable by asmall number of special sea-river vessels.The Humber in England and theTrollhattan canal in Sweden arealso navigable, either full-length or in part, by conven-tional coaster. So is the Neneriver and a few ports close toits estuary. Although Russia hasmany rivers allowing navigationby sea-river vessels, this is atpresent restricted to vesselsunder the Russian flag.
With its abundance of water-ways, our country theNetherlands has a number ofrivers and canals such as theRhine, Maas and IJssel riversand the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal,all of which are accessible tosea-river vessels. However, theexistence of navigable water-ways is not enough in itself:loading and unloadingterminals are also required.For this reason, thedevelopment of so-called ROCs(Dutch for RegionalTranshipment Centres) isimportant. Already there areROCs in Kampen, Heijen, Steinand Oss, mainly for containerloading and unloadingpurposes, but also for handlingsea-river vessels withconventional loads.
Geographic reach
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Shortsea Promotion Centre Holland ■ P.O. Box 938 ■ 3160 AC Rhoon ■ The Netherlands ■ Tel: +31 10 5061931 ■ Fax: +31 10 5061935 ■ www.shortsea.nl ■ E-mail: [email protected]
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