 "Liège Trilogiport is a challenge we could not resist! Thanks to Trilogiport, our intention today is to consolidate the position of the Port of Liège as an ideally situated port area based in the natural hinterland of the major sea ports (Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Dunkirk), with a view to making Liège a major magnet from the point of view of inland waterway logistics." declared Mr Bertrand, Acting Managing Director of the Autonomous Port of Liège.
The details
The platform construction works will take place in two phases:
Firstly, the preparatory works for Liège Trilogiport started on 24 November 2008 and their estimated duration is 200 working days (approximately 10 months).
Secondly, the infrastructure and installation works will then follow and are estimated to take 700 calendar days. The Liège Trilogiport multimodal platform should be operational by the end of 2011.
This investment is estimated at close to €43,636,366 million and should create around 2000 jobs.
Summary of principal features of Liège Trilogiport:
- Surface area of container terminal:+/- 15 hectares
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- Surface area of sites: Port site: 14.7 hectares - Logistics site: 41.7 hectares
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- Multimodal area of 100 hectares downstream of Liège on the right bank of the Albert Canal close to the German and Dutch borders
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- Situated 14 navigation hours from Antwerp and 24 from Rotterdam
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- Potential rail link in 2011
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- Close to Liège Airport (eighth European airport for freight) and Liège TGV station
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- 56 million inhabitants within a radius of 250 km
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- 60% of all European purchasing power located within a radius of 500 km
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- As a fundamental project for the future of the Liège and Wallonia Regions, Liège Trilogiport is essential in order to ensure the economic redeployment of Liège.
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Contact
Hélène Thiébaut
Autonomous Port of Liège:
Tel: +32 4 232 97 85
Le Lloyd - 09/12/2008
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