Everything about The Ghent-terneuzen Canal totally explained
The
Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (Dutch: Kanaal van Gent naar Terneuzen), also known as the "Sea Canal" (Zeekanaal) is a
canal linking
Ghent in
Belgium to the
port of
Terneuzen on the
Westerschelde (
Scheldt)
estuary in the
Netherlands, thereby providing the former with better access to the
sea.
History
The canal was constructed between 1823 and 1827 on the initiative of
the Dutch King: Belgium (as it subsequently became) and the Netherlands had become
a united country under the terms agreed at the
Congress of Vienna. After
Belgium broke away in 1830, traffic to and from Belgium was blocked by the Dutch until 1841.
Between 1870 and 1885 the canal was enlarged to a depth of six and a half meters at its centre, and to a width of 17 meters at its base and 68 meters at the surface level: bridges were rebuilt accordingly along the Belgian sector.
Further development and major enlargement took place during the subsequent century, most notably during the early 1960s.
Today
Today the Ghent-Terneuzen canal is 200 meters wide and 32 kilometers (20 miles) long, capable of accommodating ships of up to 125 000 gross tonnage. The largest permitted vessel size has increased, correspondingly, to 265 meters long x 34 meters wide, with a draft up to 12.5 meters.
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