2. 16 km / 10 miles
The Netherlands Antwerp Port
Authority
Belgium
The port is administered by an autonomous
municipal body with a separate corporate identity,
called Antwerp Port Authority.
It owns the docks and the sites used by port
operators and industries on the Right Bank, and
also some of the port’s equipment.
Moreover, the Antwerp Port Authority is
responsible for the management of the port on
the Left Bank, thus ensuring the application of
uniform policies on both sides of the river.
General land development and industrialisation
on the Left Bank is in the hands of an
intermunicipal corporation.
The Antwerp Port Authority has a workforce of
1,600. It owns and manages docks, berths, locks
and bridges. It is responsible for planning,
River Antwerp modernising and maintaining the infrastructure of
Scheldt Port Authority the port, and for operating its own equipment,
including floating cranes, shore cranes, tugs and
dredgers.
The Antwerp Port Authority leases sites and land.
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3. Locks
Zandvliet Lock
Berendrecht Lock
Boudewijn Lock
Van Cauwelaert Lock
Kallo Lock
Royers Lock
(Future Lock; construction started in
2011)
Kattendijk Lock (not belonging to
Port of Antwerp)
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4. Zandvliet Lock (1967)
Characteristics
Length between outer gates : 500.0m
Length between inner gates : 446.2m
Width : 57m
Sill depth : -13.58m
Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.94m
Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m
Statistics 2009 2010 2011
# Lockages 4356 5148 5163
# passages
- seagoing vessels 5684 7212 7171
- barges 9198 17589 13487
Traffic
control
Lock
operator
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5. Berendrecht Lock (1989)
Traffic Characteristics
control Length between outer gates : 500.0m
Length between inner gates : 454.2m
Width : 68m
Sill depth : -13.58m
Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.94m
Lock Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m
operator
Statistics 2009 2010 2011
# Lockages 5122 4908 4892
# passages
- seagoing vessels 6854 7135 7084
- barges 13255 16358 12737
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6. Boudewijn Lock (1958)
Characteristics Statistics 2009 2010 2011
Length between outer gates : 360.4m # Lockages 6127 6484 6142
Length between inner gates : 315.4m # passages
Width : 45m - seagoing vessels 6157 6102 6314
Sill depth : -10.33m - barges 16096 21912 14522
Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.94m
Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m
Traffic
Control &
Operator
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7. Van Cauwelaert Lock (1928)
(Thoroughly renovated 2009-2011)
Characteristics
Length between outer gates : 270.0m
Length between inner gates : 225.9m
Width : 35m
Sill depth : -9.83m
Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.70m
Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m
Statistics 2009 2010 2011
# Lockages 6454 - 7048
# passages
- seagoing vessels 377 - 89
- barges 19795 - 21155
Traffic
Control &
Operator
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8. Kallo Lock (1976)
Traffic control &
lock operator
Characteristics
Length between outer gates : 360.0m
Length between inner gates : 308.5m
Width : 50m
Sill depth : -12.50m
Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.5m
Nominal water level in docks : +3.60m
Statistics 2009 2010 2011
# Lockages 7944 7651 7605
# passages
- seagoing vessels 4517 4805 5264
- barges 16509 17560 19063
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9. Royers Lock (1907)
Characteristics
Length between outer gates : 182.5m
Traffic control
Width : 22m
Sill depth : -6.41m
Water level on Scheldt : -0.8m..+5.81m*
Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m
Lock
operator Statistics 2009 2010 2011
# Lockages 9282 10868 10534
# passages
- seagoing vessels 254 412 355
- barges 21627 28847 25243
* Max level for
lock operation
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10. Future Lock : 2nd entrance to the Waaslandhaven (left bank)
Characteristics
Length between outer gates : 500m
Width : 68m
Sill depth : -17.80m
Water level on Scheldt : -1.5m..+7.00m
Nominal water level in docks : +3.60m
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12. Movable bridges
a b
(by name)
c d
a) Frederik-Hendrik bridge
b) Zandvliet bridge
c) Oudendijk bridge
d) Berendrecht bridge
e) Melsele bridge
f) Farnèse bridge
g g) Meestoof bridge
h h) Boudewijn bridge
i
i) Van Cauwelaert bridge
j
l m
j) Kruisschans bridge
e
1 f
k k) Petroleum bridge
l) Wilmarsdonk bridge
o q,r
m) Oosterweel bridge
n
n) Noordkasteel bridges
p
o) Siberia bridges
s,t,u p) Mexico bridges
q,r) Asia bridge and Kempische bridge
s,t,u) Londen bridge, Willem bridge,
Nassau bridge
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13. Frederik Hendrik bridge (river side of Zandvliet lock)
Zandvliet bridge (dock side of Zandvliet lock)
Characteristics
Type : bascule bridge
Span : 57m
Total length : 83.6m
Road traffic : yes (2 lanes)
Train traffic : yes (1 track)
Drive : hydraulic (2 rams)
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14. Oudendijk bridge (river side of Berendrecht lock)
Characteristics
Type : bascule bridge
Span : 68m
Total length : 94.3m
Road traffic : yes (2 lanes)
Train traffic : yes (1 track)
Drive : hydraulic (2 rams)
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22. Passage between Hansa dock and Marshall dock
(Former Petroleum bridge)
Characteristics Statistics 2009 2010 2011
Type : Strauss bridge # passages
Span : ca. 35m - seagoing vessels 1246 1265 1214
Road traffic : yes (2 lanes) - barges 24267 23440 22189
Train traffic : yes (1 track ; 99% of traffic)
Drive : electromechanical (rack & pinion) Bridge has been dismantled early 2008. However the intensity of
ship movements through the bridge channel is thought to require
a form of traffic control. This is done with CCTV and radar from a
distance of approx. 1,5 km.
Marshalldok
Hansadok
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