The river and maritime ports

The river network in Nord-Pas de Calais and the ports of North-Western Europe.

 
The existent fluvial networks and the Seine-Northern Europe route (dotted line) Source VNF

 

Do not forget that the Nord-Pas-de-Calais has at its disposal large ports:
In France, Calais is the leading port for passenger transport, Boulogne-Sur-Mer is the leading port for commercial fishing and Dunkirk is the leading port for dry merchandise and the third port in international commerce.
Its feeder service connecting Dunkirk to Rotterdam, Felixstowe or the Havre connects it to any port in the world.

Thanks to a dense river network (677 km of canals and rivers, 192 km of wide gauge canals) the Béthune area, by way of the river port of Béthune-Beuvry, benefits from the wide gauge river motorway that connects it to the Belgian network and Northern Europe (from Dunkirk via Dourges, Lille, Valenciennes, Gand, Terneuzen towards Anvers and Rotterdam).

With the river port of Béthune-Buevry, equipped with container terminals, your multimodal logistical partner (river, maritime, railway, roads), you benefit from a complete logistical tool, efficient and accessible from and towards the large European centres.

Prestataires de logistique industrielle :

Affreightment (river, road, railway)

customs clearance, brokerage, transit

combined transports benefits

special parcel

 

Moyens de manutention industriels performants

Stockage et entreposage :

stuffing / destuffing and storage

computerised inventory system

negative temperature refrigerating storage

dry storage

 

Un équipement adapté :

1 dock area able to hold any type of crane

1 paved infill site on the canal banks

1 weigh-bridge able to support 50 tons and an automatic weighing bridge (available 7 days per week, 24 hours per day, in 6 different languages)

storage buildings and surfaces

secure container platform

private railway junction points

 

Key figures:

700,000 tons handled (conventional and container traffic) 
3004 TEU processed
These statistics demonstrate the increasing interest from companies for this cost-effective method of transportation that respect nature, punctuality, flexibility and on-time delivery. 

Liste of companies who use the Bethune District multimodal port: Beaumarais, Bridgestone France, Carlier, CCES, Claye, Coenmans Frères, Compagnie Générale du Froid, DMS DCA-MOTY-SHIP, De Rijke, DME Almy, Ducroquet, Duranel, Europ’Agrégats, Flanquart, Fromentel, Grande Paroisse, Grès de Pernes, Groupe Carré, Holcim Béton, Lalemant, Les Combustibles du Nord, Micronor, Mullet, Gibert Recyclage, Ollivier Dispatch, Roquette Frères, Schenectady Europe, SNCF, STB Matériaux, STDN, Sucreries Distillerie des Hauts de France, THM Transports, TMF Opérating, Tolmega (Hager Group), Ugine & Alz France, Unéal, Vercruysse, Vermeulen, and Voies Navigables de France


Your contact:
Michel GERARD, Responsable du Port Fluvial de Béthune
Tél :  +33 (0)3 21 64 64 86
michel.gerard@bethune.cci.fr


Wide gauge canal near the Bridgestone France plant in Béthune

Reach Stacker, transport equipment for containers