News / Belgium subsidises barges in bid to shift freight from road to inland waterways

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Efforts to improve inland services at Antwerp, North Sea Port and Zeebrugge stepped up this week, with the Flemish government injecting €12.5m ($14.18m) of financial support.

The Loadstar understands that the grants are part of a four-year plan, to be topped up by the gateways to €14.3m, to subsidise projects intended to increase the share of volumes moving by barge and to disincentivise road movements.

A source told The Loadstar: “While €14.3m over four years does not sound much, I do not ...