Port Authority invests heavily to cut 250,000 truck trips

The Port Authority announced this ambition during its sixth event on intermodality on Thursday evening. Seven projects selected after an open project call in the spring should make port-related mobility more sustainable. With the call, the Port Authority wanted to encourage the market to “realise new sustainable mobility solutions or improve existing mobility solutions for maritime flows”. The submitted projects were assessed on a number of criteria, including (among others) offering a reliable and price-competitive alternative to existing and less sustainable solutions and providing a profitable business plan. The seven selected projects can count on a maximum support of 200,000 euros, spread over a period of three years. The Flemish government is also contributing €1.4 million in support.