{"id":1563,"date":"2024-06-17T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsace.com\/passenger-and-freight-spantransportation-span\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:29:46","slug":"passenger-and-freight-transportation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alsace.com\/en\/set-up-your-business-or-invest-in-alsace\/business-and-transportation-facilities\/passenger-and-freight-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger and freight <span>transportation<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Upper Rhine region in Europe is a key economic and demographic hub, with 100 million inhabitants and accounting for 30% of the European Union’s total GDP. Alsace, situated at the heart of this region, naturally serves as a central point for freight transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extensive transportation network, including the ever-nearby Rhine, allows local industries to efficiently distribute their products across European and global markets via North Sea ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eight ports on the Rhine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alsace is centrally located within the European waterway network, bordered for nearly 200 km by the Rhine River and connected to major French waterways via the Marne-Rhine Canal and the Rh\u00f4ne-Rhine Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Europe\u2019s largest commercial waterway, The Rhine features eight port sites running from south to north through Alsace, equipped with modern logistics infrastructure. Many of these ports are directly linked to the rail network, enhancing and streamlining freight transfer, and also offer infrastructure to accommodate businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rhine flows through Western Europe to the North Sea, offering direct access to global trade within 48 hours through major maritime ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Zeebrugge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cr\u00e9dit photo : B. Salmanski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Strasbourg Ports <\/h3>\n\n\n\n