Download - Seine-Nord Europe Canal Central link of the European Seine-Scheldt Waterway General presentation
Seine-Nord Europe Canal
Central link ofthe European
Seine-ScheldtWaterway
General presentation
Mr Nicolas BOUR,
Project Manager
Mission Seine-Nord Europe - VNF
Summary
1. Issues of Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
2. Project description
3. Development schedule
Summary
1. Issues of Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
2. Project description
3. Development schedule
A European network 38 000 km- of which 20 000km at high
capacity (>1 000 tonnes)- serving the principal European
conurbations 465 MT of freight transported 128 billion tonne-km in 2005 7.2% modal share (UE15)
Netherlands: 47.3 % Germany: 13.2 % Belgium: 14.7 % Austria: 4.5% France: 2.9 % (13% on Seine corridor,
30% on Rhine corridor)
Growth of inland water transport in Europe1975: 87 billion T-km 1995: 112 billion T-km1985: 90 billion T-km 2005: 128 billion T-km
Total waterborne traffic in billion tonne-km
1970-2005
The French network:
– a small proportion of high-capacity waterways
– lack of interconnection between thehigh-capacity river navigations
High-capacity waterway
Limited-capacity waterway
Canal Seine-Nord Europe Central link of the European Seine-Scheldt Waterway
• Eliminate a major bottleneckon the European high-capacitywaterway network
• Improve competitiveness of industry
• through the reliability and the reduced logistics costs of inland water transport
• by offering common access in Europe to 6 seaports of the northern range(60% of Europe’s exports/imports)
• Contribute to regional development in France and Europe, reinforcing the capacity of exchange in the corridor Le Havre-Paris-Amsterdam/Dunkirk
an investment at European level
Interconnection with 20 000 km of European high-capacity waterways to the Black Sea
Restructuring logistics and development of intermodality over the North-Western Europe
Optimisation of seaport services over the Northern range: increase in port value by improved access to hinterland
Reduction of transport congestion (25% of the objectives of Marco-Polo)
Contribution to growth of European Union
Summary
1. Issues of Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
2. Project description
3. Implementation schedule
Project submitted topublic enquiry
(January 07 to March 07)A canal 106 km long (class Vb) from Compiègne to Aubencheul-au-Bac comprising:
8 pounds connected by 7 locks (single chamber) with water-saving basins
2 water storage reservoirs
3 aqueducts
4 multimodal platforms and7 loading/unloading quays
5 boat harbours + moorings for passenger vessels
– 360 ha of industrial port and logistics zones
– Enhancing the agricultural and industrial potential of the regions
– Locating logistics distribution centres
– Contributing to volume concentration
– Developing intermodality - water-rail-road
Port and logisticszones along the canal
Optimised water managementCarefully controlled water supply- maximum watertightness of the canal and recycling of lockages
- constitution of reserves (storage reservoirs)
Project contributes to attenuating floods of the Oise- reduction in floods between Compiègne and Noyon
- capacity to transfer floods of the Somme to the Oise basin
Value added by water transfer
- transfer of 1 - 2 m3/s from the Oise to guarantee water supply to the Lille conurbation (outside low-flow periods on the Oise)
1.2 forecasted traffic in the north-south corridor
base scenario (PPP)
without the project
logistic scenario (PPP)
2020 2050
Base scenario 13,3 20,0
Logistic scenario 13,8 – 14,9 25,8 – 27,7
Waterborne traffic in million tonnes
Forecast traffic in Europe and France
• Significant growth of waterborne traffic by 2020• Europe between +6 and +7 billion tonne-km
• France between +4.3 and +4.7 billion tonne-km
• Good prospects for continued long-term growth (2050)• Europe +8.4 to +16.2 billion tonne-km
• France +5.8 to +11.9 billion tonne-km
• Two thirds of the additional waterborne traffic at the European level by modal shift from road
• 500 000 fewer HGV movements in 2020 and 1.2 to 2 million fewer by 2050
a socio-economically profitable project
Cost 3.17 billion € (PPP)
Socio-economic benefit : €8 billion (evaluated over 50-year period – 4 % actualisation rate)
Socio-economic internal rate of return (IRR) of 6.2 and 8%(in France, an investment is considered profitable if the IRR is greater than 4%)
Earthworks
Locks and other hydraulic structures
Bridges and other engineering structures
Port platforms
Environmental measures
Growth based on the key advantages of IWT, factor of competitiveness for industry
• Transport costs reducedby concentration of volume
• Reliability of delivery times
• Safety
• Capacity to serve clients in the heart of large conurbations
• Image (environment-friendly transport)
Nature of goods transported on SNEProjection in 2020 (tonne-km) - central scenario
Containers, heavy loads, vehicles, 17%
Chemical products, fertilisers, 11%
Cereals, 30%
Energy products, 11%
Metallurgical products, 11%
Construction materials, 20%
Summary
1. Issues of Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
2. Project description
3. Development schedule
Public enquiry Jan - March 2007
Detailed studies and PPP contractual procedures Competitive dialogue 2008-2009
Soil surveys – archeological surveys 2007-2008
Land acquisition 2008-2009
Start of works PPP 2010
Opening of the canal PPP 2014
Development schedule