Europe takes on Egypt’s Suez Canal model with an $8.5 billion waterway stretching 107 kilometres across France, Belgium and the Netherlands

Europe takes on Egypt’s Suez Canal model with an $8.5 billion waterway stretching 107 kilometres across France, Belgium and the Netherlands

Europe is developing a €7.3 billion ($8.5 billion) inland canal in France to improve freight transport and strengthen trade connections with Belgium and the Netherlands as part of a wider effort to expand the continent's waterway transport network.

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