Waiting at locks on Flemish shipping network takes up to one hour

At about four locks on the Flemish waterway network, as many ships as possible are currently being locked at the same time. At the Evergem and Merelbeke locks and on the Brugse Vaart, among others, we bring as many ships as possible together to lock. In doing so, commercial shipping is given priority over pleasure craft. So far, we have been able to limit waiting times to a maximum of one hour,” says Ben Nauwelaers of De Vlaamse Waterweg. Otherwise, inland navigation in Flanders is experiencing few problems as a result of the drought.