The Seine–Nord Europe Canal 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 CO 2 emissions in the transport sector within this corridor. Completion is expected in 2030.
19-821: 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 , crossing the regions of Picardy and Nord-Pas-de-Calais . The 107-kilometre-long (66 mi) canal will connect
38-613: A few years after the waterway has opened. Analysis by the European Court of Auditors published in 2020, examined the economic case and stated that: "The Seine-Scheldt inland waterway link was approved on the basis that traffic levels on the Canal Seine Nord Europe by 2060 would be four times as high as the reference situation in 2030 without the Canal. To achieve this a significant increase in freight volumes on
57-567: A larger commuter zone with 141,504 inhabitants as of 2017. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Compiègne proper. The Glade of the Armistice in the Compiègne Forest was the site of the signing of two armistices; those of 11 November 1918 and 22 June 1940 . Hitler specifically chose the location of the second, and had the original signing carriage moved from Paris to Compiègne, as an irony for
76-508: A maritime port, compared to 5 fully loaded trains and 200 trucks. Compi%C3%A8gne Compiègne ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃pjɛɲ] ; Picard : Compiène ) is a commune in the Oise department of northern France . It is located on the river Oise , and its inhabitants are called Compiégnois . Compiègne is the seat of two cantons : Compiègne is the central commune of an urban unit with 70,699 inhabitants, and
95-654: Is a public body and is under the control of the Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development ( French : Ministère de l'Écologie, de l'Energie, du Développement durable et de l'Aménagement du territoire ). The headquarters of VNF are in Béthune , Pas-de-Calais with local offices throughout France. The French natural and man-made waterways network is the largest in Europe extending to over 8,500-kilometre (5,300 mi) of which VNF manages
114-539: Is the A1 Paris-Lille. Since 1977, Compiègne is the traditional start city of the famous Paris–Roubaix bicycle race . It was also the finish city of 3rd stage in the 2007 Tour de France . Compiègne has been home to: Compiègne is twinned with: Compiègne is also partnered with: Voies navigables de France Voies navigables de France ( French pronunciation: [vwa naviɡabl də fʁɑ̃s] , VNF , English: Navigable Waterways of France )
133-489: Is the French navigation authority responsible for the management of the majority of France 's inland waterways network and the associated facilities— towpaths , commercial and leisure ports , lock-keeper's houses and other structures. VNF was established in 1991 and took over the responsibility for all waterways from the National Office of Navigation ( French : Office National de la Navigation ) in 1993. It
152-684: The A29 and A26 motorways, and one 1330 metres long over the Somme . The project's budget will be € 4.7 billion, financed by the European Union , the French government, the Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France regions and the départements Oise , Somme , Pas-de-Calais and Nord . The project was called into question after a change of Government in July 2012, not per se but for its cost and
171-693: 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 river (and the Paris area) and the ports of Dunkerque , Antwerp , and Rotterdam , or further into Europe. The canal will replace the Canal de Saint-Quentin and the current Canal du Nord , increasing maximum barge capacity from 650 to 4400 tonnes. The canal will include several large structures, including six locks and three aqueducts : two over
190-478: The Canal Seine Nord Europe over the 30 years following entry into service. For such a significant modal shift to come about, various accompanying conditions (e.g. tolling) would need to be put in place. — a massive diversion of containerised road traffic to waterways, resulting in 36 % of freight on the entire traffic axis being shifted onto the waterway. This would require the current proportion of freight carried by waterway on that axis to be multiplied by 38, or
209-441: The axis across France and Europe is necessary. However, the statistics from the last decade do not suggest that this will occur. In addition, two specific conditions are necessary, none of which seem particularly realistic in the light of industrial trends over time: — a fourfold increase – from 2.3 million tonnes per year to 8.1 million tonnes per year – in traditional flows of construction materials moved by inland waterways using
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#1732776220350228-687: The defeated French. The site still houses several memorials to the 1918 armistice, including a copy of the original railway carriage. The original, Marshal Foch's Carriage was taken to Germany as a trophy of victory following the second armistice. Various rumors about what happened to this railway-carriage thereafter, have flourished ever since. Some believe it was destroyed by the SS in Thuringia in April 1945; others say this happened in Berlin , but most likely
247-615: The market share of inland water transport measured in tonne-kilometres reaches 18% in the Seine-Oise basin and 14% in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and even more than 50% on the major waterways of Germany and Benelux , the constraints of carrying capacity on the corridor in France limit the waterway market share to between 3 and 4% (peaking at about 5 million tonnes). Traffic is projected to reach between 15 and 18 million tonnes per year
266-942: The navigable sections of the River Somme and the Brittany Canals , which are both under local management, and neither is the River Lot in Aquitaine . Approximately 20% of the network is suitable for commercial boats of over 1000 tonnes and the VNF has an ongoing programme of maintenance and modernisation to increase depth of waterways, widths of locks and headroom under bridges to support France's strategy of encouraging freight onto water as part of her sustainable development programme—a survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers showed that 75% of French companies were willing to switch to barge transport. A major current initiative
285-410: The navigable sections. The assets managed by VNF comprise 6,700-kilometre (4,200 mi) of waterways, made up of 3,800-kilometre (2,400 mi) of canals and 2,900-kilometre (1,800 mi) of navigable rivers , 494 dams , 1595 locks , 74 aqueducts , 65 reservoirs , 35 tunnels and a land area of 800 km (310 sq mi). Two significant waterways which are not under VNF's control are
304-416: The principle of a public-private partnership (PPP) which after the financial crisis of 2007-2008 was found to be unworkable. Significant cost reductions were deemed possible, and 'reconfiguration' of the project led to use of the line of the existing Canal du Nord over a length of about 8 km (5 mi), lowering the summit level by 18.50 metres and thus eliminating one lock. Engineers were selected for
323-576: The project in June 2015. On 21 April 2016, an ordonnance was approved by the President of France , authorizing the construction of the canal and creating the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe to manage the project. The existing Canal du Nord and parallel Canal de Saint-Quentin represent a bottleneck on one of Europe's principal transport arteries. This is reflected in the current statistics: where
342-465: The share of container traffic volumes to be three times as high as it currently is for the entire Rhine river." Voies navigables de France , the project authority, sets out the principal environmental impacts on the website dedicated to the project. The CO 2 emissions of a barge carrying 1500 tonnes are three times less than those of the fleet of trucks required to move this load. A single push-tow 185 m long can carry 300 containers unloaded in
361-653: Was it destroyed during an allied air-raid on Berlin. The latter version seems most plausible, since Ferdinand Foch 's carriage actually was displayed at a Berlin museum. Compiègne is home to the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), one of the top ranking engineering school in France, founded as a Technology University in 1972 to provide an alternative to the traditional " grandes écoles " for students interested in technologies and applied science. Compiègne station offers connections with Paris, Amiens, Cambrai and several regional destinations. The nearest motorway
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