20120413 Apa Locks & Bridges

Antwerp Port Authority Locks & Bridges

ir. Wim VAN SANTVOORT

The port is administered by an autonomous

municipal body with a separate corporate identity,

called Antwerp Port Authority.

It owns the docks and the sites used by port

operators and industries on the Right Bank, and

also some of the port’s equipment.

Moreover, the Antwerp Port Authority is

responsible for the management of the port on

the Left Bank, thus ensuring the application of

uniform policies on both sides of the river.

General land development and industrialisation

on the Left Bank is in the hands of an

intermunicipal corporation.

The Antwerp Port Authority has a workforce of

1,600. It owns and manages docks, berths, locks

and bridges. It is responsible for planning,

modernising and maintaining the infrastructure of

the port, and for operating its own equipment,

including floating cranes, shore cranes, tugs and

dredgers.

The Antwerp Port Authority leases sites and land.

Antwerp Port

Authority

2

The Netherlands

Belgium

Antwerp

Port Authority

River

Scheldt

16

km

/ 1

0 m

ile

s

Locks

Zandvliet Lock

Berendrecht Lock

Boudewijn Lock

Van Cauwelaert Lock

Kallo Lock

Royers Lock

(Future Lock; construction started in

2011)

Kattendijk Lock (not belonging to

Port of Antwerp)

3

Zandvliet Lock (1967)

Characteristics

Length between outer gates : 500.0m

Length between inner gates : 446.2m

Width : 57m

Sill depth : -13.58m

Water level on Scheldt : -1m..+6.94m

Nominal water level in docks : +4.18m

Traffic

control

Lock

operator

Statistics 2009 2010 2011

# Lockages 4356 5148 5163

# passages

- seagoing vessels 5684 7212 7171

- barges 9198 17589 13487

4

Berendrecht Lock (1989)


# Lockages 5122 4908 4892

# passages


- barges 13255 16358 12737

Characteristics



Width : 68m




Traffic

control

Lock

operator

5

Boudewijn Lock (1958)

Characteristics



Width : 45m




Traffic

Control &

Operator


# Lockages 6127 6484 6142

# passages


- barges 16096 21912 14522

6

Van Cauwelaert Lock (1928)

(Thoroughly renovated 2009-2011)

Characteristics



Width : 35m

Sill depth : -9.83m



Traffic

Control &

Operator


# Lockages 6454 - 7048

# passages

- seagoing vessels 377 - 89

- barges 19795 - 21155

7

Kallo Lock (1976)

Characteristics



Width : 50m




Traffic control &

lock operator


# Lockages 7944 7651 7605

# passages


- barges 16509 17560 19063

8

Royers Lock (1907)

Characteristics


Width : 22m

Sill depth : -6.41m

Water level on Scheldt : -0.8m..+5.81m*


Lock

operator

* Max level for

lock operation


# Lockages 9282 10868 10534

# passages


- barges 21627 28847 25243

Traffic control

9

Future Lock : 2nd entrance to the Waaslandhaven (left bank)

10

Characteristics

Length between outer gates : 500m

Width : 68m


Water level on Scheldt : -1.5m..+7.00m


Lifting bridge (2)

Swing bridge (3+1)

Scherzer bridge (2)

Bascule bridge (6)

Strauss bridge (11)

Movable bridges (by type)

11

a) Frederik-Hendrik bridge

b) Zandvliet bridge

c) Oudendijk bridge

d) Berendrecht bridge

e) Melsele bridge

f) Farnèse bridge

g) Meestoof bridge

h) Boudewijn bridge

i) Van Cauwelaert bridge

j) Kruisschans bridge

k) Petroleum bridge

l) Wilmarsdonk bridge

m) Oosterweel bridge

n) Noordkasteel bridges

o) Siberia bridges

p) Mexico bridges

q,r) Asia bridge and Kempische bridge

s,t,u) Londen bridge, Willem bridge,

Nassau bridge

Movable bridges (by name)

a

c

b

d

1 f

g

i

j

h

k

l m

e

n

o

p

s,t,u

q,r

12

Frederik Hendrik bridge (river side of Zandvliet lock)

Zandvliet bridge (dock side of Zandvliet lock)

Characteristics

Type : bascule bridge

Span : 57m

Total length : 83.6m

Road traffic : yes (2 lanes)

Train traffic : yes (1 track)

Drive : hydraulic (2 rams)

13

Oudendijk bridge (river side of Berendrecht lock)

Characteristics


Span : 68m





14

Berendrecht bridge (dock side of Berendrecht lock)

Characteristics


Span : 68m (between quay walls)





15

Farnèse bridge (river side of Kallo lock) (photos)

Melsele bridge (dock side of Kallo Lock) (identical)

Characteristics


Span : 50m





16

Meestoof bridge (river side of Boudewijn lock)

Characteristics

Type : Strauss bridge

Span : ca. 45m



Drive : electromechanical (rack & pinion)

17

Boudewijn bridge (dock side of Boudewijn lock)

Characteristics


Span : ca. 45m




18

Van Cauwelaert bridge (river side of Van Cauwelaert lock)

Characteristics

Type : Strauss bridge + 2 fixed bridges

Span : ca. 58m

Total length : ca. 153m




19

Kruisschans bridge (dock side of Van Cauwelaert lock)

Characteristics


Span : ca. 35m




20

Lillo bridge (spans the ‘Canal dock’)

Characteristics

Type : 2 Strauss bridges + 2 fixed bridges

Span : ca. 82m (combined)



Train traffic : yes (2 tracks ; 99% of traffic)


130m

82m

400m

Bridge

operator


# movements 4954 4392 4466

# passages


- barges 3176 3425 2835

- trains 3380 3163 2858

21

Passage between Hansa dock and Marshall dock

(Former Petroleum bridge)

Characteristics


Span : ca. 35m


Train traffic : yes (1 track ; 99% of traffic)


Hansadok

Marshalldok


# passages


- barges 24267 23440 22189

Bridge has been dismantled early 2008. However the intensity of

ship movements through the bridge channel is thought to require

a form of traffic control. This is done with CCTV and radar from a

distance of approx. 1,5 km.

22

Oosterweel bridge (Verbindings dock / Albert dock)

Characteristics

Type : Scherzer bridge

Span : ca. 35m




Bridge

operator


# movements 1805 4009 2806

# passages


- barges 3056 3112 2313

- trains 2458 3719 3912

23

Wilmarsdonk bridge (Leopold dock / Verbindings dock)

Characteristics


Span : ca. 35m




Remote operation by

Oosterweel bridge

operator (350m)


# movements 3704 3834 2763

# passages


- barges 3056 3112 2313

- trains 2717 978 1304

24

Noordkasteel bridges (5th Harbour dock / America dock)

Characteristics

Type : 2 Strauss bridges in parallel

Span : ca. 50m


Road traffic : yes (2x2 lanes)

Train traffic : yes (2+1 tracks)


Bridge

operator


# movements 5064 6039 6839

# passages


- barges 4355 5535 6289

- trains 4386 5044 4327

25

Siberia bridges (America dock – Kattendijk dock)

Characteristics

Type : Lifting bridge (south)

Type : Strauss bridge (north out of order)

Span : 21.1m


Train traffic : no


Bridge

operator


# movements 5475 5638 5934

# passages


- barges 6392 6651 6736

- yachts 4233 4499 5171

26

Mexico bridges (Kattendijk dock – Hout dock)

Characteristics

Type : Scherzer bridge

Span : ca. 21m


Train traffic : no


Bridge

operator


# movements 24 26 26

# passages

- seagoing vessels - - -

- barges 17 26 23

- yachts 11 10 12

27

Asia bridge (Hout dock – Asia dock)

Characteristics

Type : Swing bridge

Span : ca. 15m



Train traffic : no

Drive : steel cables pulled by hydraulic rams

Bridge

operator


# movements - - 1

# passages not recorded

28

Kempische bridge (Hout dock – Kempisch dock)

Characteristics

Type : Swing bridge

Span : ca. 15m



Train traffic : no

Drive : steel cables pulled by hydraulic winch

Bridge

operator


# movements - - -

# passages not recorded

29

Londen bridge (Kattendijk dock – Willem dock)

Characteristics

Type : Lifting bridge

Span : 18.1m


Train traffic : no


Bridge

operator


# movements 2318 2180 2516

# passages


- barges 1205 1095 1320

- yachts 4231 4301 5287

30

Willem bridge (Kattendijk dock – Willem dock)

Characteristics

Type : Swing bridge

Span : 18.1m



Train traffic : no


Statistics

# movements : 0 (out of order)

# passages : see Londen bridge

31

Nassau bridge (Willem dock – Bonaparte dock)

Characteristics

Type : Swing bridge

Span : 17.85m

Total length : ca. 33.8m

Road traffic : yes (2 lanes, but prohibited)

Train traffic : no



# movements 51 67 40

# passages

- Barges 36 40 36

- yachts 3 8 4

Bridge

operator

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Lockages Lock

Year Zandvliet Berendrecht Boudewijn Van Cauwelaert Kallo Royers Total

2009 4356 5122 6127 6454 7944 9282 39285

2010 5148 4908 6484 0 7651 10868 35059

2011 5163 4892 6142 7048 7605 10534 41384

Movements Bridge

Year Lillo Oosterweel Wilmarsdonk Noordkasteel Siberia Mexico Asia Londen Nassau Total

2009 4954 1805 3704 5064 5475 24 0 2318 51 23395

2010 4392 4009 3834 6039 5638 26 0 2180 67 26185

2011 4466 2806 2763 6839 5934 26 1 2516 40 25391

Overview lockages and bridge movements

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20120413 Apa Locks & Bridges