VTS: Proactive traffic management for the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal 🚢


To manage this growth safely and efficiently, Flanders and the Netherlands are jointly developing a comprehensive Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) network.

What’s changing?

- VTS takes a more active role to guide shipping safe and smooth
- An expanded radar network enables accurate real-time monitoring
- Flanders is training a new team of VTS operators, who will work closely with their experienced Dutch counterparts

This joint investment in people and technology will ensure safe and smooth passage along the canal.

Learn more about this ambitious VTS project

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The Joint Nautical Management is a treaty-law cooperation between the Flemish and the Dutch government and guarantees safe and smooth shipping traffic in the Scheldt area.