Editing Wallonia (section)

=== Waterways ===
With traffic of over 20 million tonnes and 26 kilometres of quays, the [[autonomous port]] of Liège (PAL) is the third largest inland port in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liege.port-autonome.be/en/pages/liege-port-autonome.aspx|title=Liege port authority|website=Liege.port-autonome.be|access-date=2010-01-24|archive-date=2011-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514123036/http://www.liege.port-autonome.be/en/pages/liege-port-autonome.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> It carries out the management of 31 ports along the [[Meuse]] and the [[Albert Canal]]. It is accessible to sea and river transporters weighing up to 2,500 tonnes, and to push two-barge convoys (4,500 tonnes, soon to be raised to 9,000 tonnes). Even if Wallonia does not have direct access to the sea, it is very well connected to the major ports thanks to an extensive network of navigable waterways that pervades Belgium, and it has effective river connections to [[Antwerp]], [[Rotterdam]] and [[Dunkirk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.logisticsinwallonia.be/index.php?page=94&lng=en&text=L%252592excellence+logistique|title=Qui sommes-nous? – logistics in Wallonia|website=Logisticsinwallonia.be}}</ref>

On the west side of Wallonia, in [[Hainaut Province]], the [[Strépy-Thieu boat lift]], permits river traffic of up to the new 1350-tonne standard to pass between the waterways of the Meuse and [[Scheldt]] rivers. Completed in 2002 at an estimated cost of €160&nbsp;million (then 6.4&nbsp;billion [[Belgian franc]]s) the lift has increased river traffic from 256&nbsp;kT in 2001 to 2,295&nbsp;kT in 2006.

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File:Aeroport de Charleroi Bruxelles Sud.jpg|[[Brussels South Charleroi Airport]]
File:Namur, treinstation 2007-05-01 10.22.JPG|[[Namur]] Railway Station
File:Métro léger de Charleroi - véhicule 7429 rénové - 2024-02-01 - 01.jpg|[[Charleroi Pre-metro]]
File:Bus TEC Liège-Verviers (extérieur).JPG|[[TEC (transport)|TEC]] Bus in [[Liège]]
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