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• Ghent Port Company visualises transport between port and hinterland

  Ghent Port Company has mapped out the transport of goods between the port of Ghent and companies and clients in the hinterland. 48% of this transport will be carried by inland vessel, 43% by road and 9% by rail (in 2011), according to a study carried out by the Port Company and the University of Antwerp. The Port Company wishes to make even more efforts to promote sustainable transport in the future via inland waterways and rail. A new survey was recently launched to learn about the modal split of 2012.

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• Port of Ghent makes shaky start in the first 3 months of 2013

  In the first quarter of 2013, the Port of Ghent recorded a total volume of cargo traffic of 11.6 million tonnes, down 3.6% compared with the same period last year. The trend of increasing exports was, however, maintained.

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• Ghent Port Company receives Europe’s biggest inland navigation port

  On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 the Port of Duisburg (Germany) – called duisport – is paying a visit to port of Ghent. Duisburg is Europe’s biggest inland navigation port. Several companies from both ports will be present to get acquainted with one another. Both port authorities will also meet. Ghent Port Company is pleased with this visit and herewith hopes to be able to increase cargo traffic by inland waterways and by rail for both ports.

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• 7 kilometres-long line of trees around Kluizendok is start of a green framework in port of Ghent

  Port of Ghent attends to the greening of the port area. Through the realization of an entire framework of green links, land that is economically not useful is given an environmental purpose. On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 a 7 kilometres-long line of trees around the Kluizendok was inaugurated. Also at Volvo Cars Ghent and on the industrial site Moervaart-Zuid green spaces were installed on similar plots of land.

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• Inland navigation cruise season started in port of Ghent

  This year, port of Ghent expects 186 inland navigation cruises. The first two ships will enter the port on Saturday morning, March 9, 2013. This makes the number of expected cruises link up with the number that called at Ghent port in the past years.

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• First container train between port of Ghent and Mortara in Italy

  On Monday, March 4, 2013 Intermodal operator Shuttlewise starts a new train service with containers from port of Ghent to the North Italian city of Mortara. For Ghent port, this is the first international container shuttle by rail.

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