This presentation is about water transport and coastline of Poland, Portugal, Belgium, France, Norway and The Netherlands and was created as part of the Comenius Project "Water4Europe"

1. Water transport and
coastline
Questions and
answers

2. How many ports do
you have in your
country and how old
are they?

3. • In Portugal there are 13 ports.
There are data from human
presence in the Tejo river
since prehistory. Is in this river
where is located the port of
Lisbon. In 714
AD the Moors conquered Lisbon
and expand the port with its
Atlantic and Mediterranean trade.
• In Belgium there
are 4 ports :
Antwerpen, Gent,
Zeebrugge and
Oostende.
• There are 5 appointed head ports and 32
main ports in Norway. There are 600 state
regulated fishing ports and thousands of
smaller local harbors and ports all along the
coast.

4. What are the largest ports
in your country?

5. Portugal :
The Port of Lisbon
• is the main terminal
for shipping to Portugal.
• Receives 11% of all of all
international traffic.
The Port of Leixões
• is the largest artificial
port in Portugal.
• Receives 20% of all of all
international traffic.
The Port of Leixões
• Is the largest deep waters port.
• Receives 38% of all cargo ships
arriving to and departing from
Portugal.
The largest port in Belgium is Antwerpen.
The largest port in Norway is in Oslo. Soon Risavika will be the largest port.

6. How many cargo
connections do you have
and with which countries?

7. In Portugal 3 ports have regular
cargo lines, linking Portugal
to:
• the North, Central and South
America,
• Asia,
• Africa,
• Europe and
• Middle East.

8. How many ferry
connections do you have
and with which countries?

9. There are 69 ferry
connections in
Norway, and there are
11 ferry connections
from Norway to other
countries.

10. How many terminals do you
have?

11. There are 600 approved terminals in Norway.

12. Do the largest tourist ships
visit your country?

13. There are more than 110
cruise ships on the list for
the 2013 cruise season in
Zeebrugge. Zeebrugge is
thus far the leader of the
Flemish ports.
Zeebrugge - In the port of
Zeebrugge is docked this
morning's second largest
Cruise ship in the world.
The Queen Mary 2 has
2,300 passengers and
1,253 crew members. It is
the first time that the ship
will sail a Belgian port.
In the last five
years there has
been an increase of
about 58% in terms
of cruise
passengers passing
through Portuguese
ports and 13% in
terms of scales.
Yes, the largest tourist ships visit Norway,
especially popular are the fjord cruises.

14. Is there any river transport
instead of sea transport in
your country?

15. No, there is not much river transport in Norway.

16. How long is the coastline in
your country?

17. There are several numbers for the Norwegian coastline. One number of the mainland
coastline is approximately 25,000 km, but a newer measure, which also includes the
coastline of smaller islands and islets along the coast, makes the coastline of Norway to
100,915 km, which is 2 ½ times around the globe and second in the world after Canada
The Portuguese coast is extensive: it has 943km
in Portugal mainland, 667km in the Azores ,
250km in Madeira
The coastline in Belgium is 67km

18. What types of seashore are in
your country?

19. In Belgium are sea roadside dunes,Oostende and Dune valley with lime.
The Portuguese coast alternate between rough cliffs and fine sand beaches.
In Norway we have sand beaches, and stone, rock and cliff seashores.

20. Do you have any dunes in
your country?

21. In Portugal there are more than 500 km along 900 km
with sand and dunes.
There are also dunes in Belgium and
Norway

22. Do you have many
lighthouses? How many?

23. In Norway there are all together
212 lighthouses, now 107
lighthouses are in use.
In the reign of D. José, in 1758, began the program signalling the Portuguese coast.
There are 48 lighthouses.
There are 11
lighthouses in
Belgium.

24. Do you have any remains of War
World Two defenses near the
seashore?

25. There are bunkers in Belgium.
The Portuguese Republic was
an authoritarian political regime
under António de Oliveira Salazar, often
regarded as pro-fascist. Portugal was
officially a neutral country.
Along the coast Norway have many fortresses and WWII defenses
made by captives and war prisoners during the Nazi occupation.

26. Do you have any area lakes?
How big are they?

27. There are some large
area lakes in Norway.
“Mjøsa” is the biggest,
365 km2, then
“Røssvatnet”, 218,61
km2, and Femunden,
203,52 km2 . There are
254 arealakes in
Norway.
In Portugal are small lakes, about 120.
Belgium :

28. Do you have any cliffs in your
country? How high are they?

29. The Rocher de Freÿr, the
Rocks of Freÿr, is the
most important climbing
area in Belgium and one
of western Europe's
best-kept climbing
secrets.
Hornelen in Norway is the highest
seacliff all over Europe. It lays in
“Sogn og Fjorande” Height: 860 m.

30. What ships are produced in
Your country?

31. Norwegian shipyards
produce chemical tankers ,
Ro-Ro ships, supply and
seismic vessels , passenger
ships and ferries , fishing
vessels and aluminium
fastferries.
Ferry
Container Carrier
Barge
Chemical Tanker
Tug
Roll-On / Roll-Off
Patrol Coast
Multipurpose
Product Tanker
Factory Ship
Reefer
Fleet Oil Tanker
Stern Trawler
Catamaram
Ro-Ro Day Car & Passengers Ferry
Passengers Vessel
Side Trawler
Military Vessels
Coastal Fish. Vessel
Cement Carrier
Patrol Launch
Yacht
General Cargo
LPG Carrier
Hospital Vessel
Purse Seiner
Ships produced in Portugal :
The shipbuilding sector was a strategic
one in the 1960s and 1970s in Portugal.
Today it holds a modest place in
Portuguese industry and is reaching
out to form international links.

32. What do ships from your
country transport?

33. From Norway they transport fish and oil.

34. Did you have any Hanseatic ports in your
country?
Describe what tasks belonged to Hansa?
What area did Hansa operate on?

35. Yes, Bergen was a Hanseatic port. There are
still buildings and remains of the Hansa period
in Bergen.
The Hanseatic cities of XVII was a group
of influential merchants from a number of
cities in Flanders, Hainault, Brabant and
Artois in the early 13th century took the
form of an association of 17 cities.
Later added eight cities to this covenant.
This Hanseatic trade mourned at the fairs
of Champagne and promoted the export
of cloth. The fairs of Champagne were of
great importance for trade with Italy.
When the fairs in Champagne at the end
of the 13th century meaning replace, also
lost the Hanseatic cities XVII of its
meaning
Hansa’s tasks in Norway were of
commercial interest, especially the
export of dried fish.
Bergen was the main port along the
coast, to and from which imported and
exported goods were transported.

36. Have you had in your history a
famous person who fought for the
independence of your country
and was in any way connected
with water  ?

37. Norway Yes, one
famous person is
Max Manus. He
fought in the home
front during WWII
and was
responsible of the
blowing up the
German
transportation ship
Donau.
Gil Eanes dobra o cabo Bojador
Vasco da Gama arrives in India, Calicute
Portugal :
Bartolomeu Dias dobra o cabo da Boa Esperança
Belgium :
mercator
Flemish cartographer