Editing Charleroi (section)

===River transport===
The Port autonome de Charleroi gives access through the Belgian, Dutch and French canal and river network to three major ports (Dunkirk, Antwerp and Rotterdam). Il is composed of twenty-nine ports in the region of Charleroi distributed along the [[river Sambre]] and the [[Brussels-Charleroi canal]]. It has 8&nbsp;km of embankments, 5 million tons of goods transported each year, 10.000 containers and a trimodal platform for the containers;
100 companies have a concession and there are 1700 direct and 1000 indirect jobs associated.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 May 2023|title=Les sites portuaires|url=https://www.portcharleroi.be/fr/sites|website=Port autonome de Charleroi}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>