Seine–Nord Europe Canal

The Seine–Nord Europe Canal (canal Seine-Nord Europe, pronounced [kanal sɛn nɔʁ øʁɔp]) is a planned high-capacity (grand gabarit) canal in France that would link the Oise River at Compiègne with the Dunkirk-Scheldt Canal, east of Arleux. It is the French part of a proposed Seine-Scheldt canal that would ultimately connect the Rhine and Seine basins inland. The stated objective is to expand trade flows in a fuel-efficient and ecologically friendly manner between the Seine basin and Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, while reducing saturation on the A1 motorway in France and reducing the CO2 emissions in the transport sector within this corridor. Completion is expected in 2032. The canal will be the French section of the Seine-Scheldt European waterway, which includes further major investments on the Dunkirk-Scheldt Canal, on the river Lys/Leie in Flanders and on the waterways in Wallonia. It will run 107 kilometres (66 mi) from just north of Compiègne to the Dunkirk-Scheldt Canal, in the region of Hauts-de-France. The 107-kilometre-long (66 mi) canal will connect the Seine and Scheldt rivers and facilitate inland water transport. When the new Seine-Nord connection is ready, it will allow large vessels to transport goods between the Seine (and the Paris area) and the ports of Dunkirk, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, or further into Europe. The canal will replace the Canal de S

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