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Examples attractInland navigation is the ultimate solution – both for major corporate groups and for small to medium-sized enterprises. Whether they are big or small, all companies are indeed confronted with the same challenges: the inconvenience of traffic jams, the requirements of environmental standards, and the laws of ever improving efficiency. Time and time again, logistic managers are looking for ways to optimise incoming and outgoing freight. From time to time, they want to take un unbiased second look at their own logistic procedures, starting from scratch. The world is changing, so why should transport flows remain the same? These companies already found the way to the waterway. Why shouldn’t you?
Sibelco
(from Binnenvaart Magazine nr. 37 – april 2008)
Cargovil Container Terminal
(from Binnenvaart Magazine nr. 34 – oktober 2007)
Oleon
(from Binnenvaart Magazine nr. 32 – april 2007)
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Mark Stulens: “Working with products from the bulk section, wet sand, inland navigation is a dream-partner. From the very beginning we have actively worked together with inland shipping. Over here at Dessel, it is for good reason that we have settled at this crossroads of canals – from where the Albert Canal can quickly be reached. Untill 2004 we even operated our own fleet. However, we changed that policy since we had no return cargo and our barges remained empty on their way back. Nowadays, we conclude long-term contracts, both with individual skippers as with transport brokers. They have their hands full with us: in 2007 we chartered no less than 2500 barges! Every year from our Belgian and Dutch sites, we ship halve a million tonnes by way of inland navigation to Antwerp, where it is transshipped on seagoing vessels.”
Tom Lauwers: “The flexibility of inland navigation is unsurpassed – especially for big volumes, say five to ten containers. Nobody can of course deny that road hoaling on the Antwerp-Brussels-Charleroi axis has often come to a standstill. 
Jo De Roover: “ In our sector, a sharp price setting goes hand in hand with high product quality standards, high reliability of supply and delivery, and efficiënt logistics. To remain competitive, it is enormously important to control transport costs. It is really crucial to be installed at a central location along the waterside, and to provide good access to inland navigation.”