Editing Transport in the Netherlands (section)

===Inland waters===
6,237&nbsp;km of rivers and canals are navigable for ships of 50 tons.<ref name="CIA Waterways">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2093.html#nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613005552/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2093.html#nl |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 |title=CIA World Factbook &#124; Field listing: Waterways |date=2012 |website=www.cia.gov |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="CBS Vaarwegen">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/verkeer-vervoer/cijfers/infrastructuur-financieel/71531ned-sl.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140718011048/http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/verkeer-vervoer/cijfers/infrastructuur-financieel/71531ned-sl.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2014 |title=CBS StatLine - Lengte van vaarwegen; vaarwegkenmerken, provincie |language=nl |trans-title=Dutch Statistics Bureau - Waterways and characteristics |date=2013 |website=Statline.cbs.nl |publisher=CBS - Statistics Netherlands |access-date=15 July 2014 }}</ref> Some 3,740&nbsp;km of this consists of canals.<ref name="NFIA Logistics">{{cite web |url=http://www.nfia.com/logistics_infrastructure.html |title=Transportation Infrastructure - Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency |date=c. 2010 |website=www.nfia.com |publisher=Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> At least 4,326&nbsp;km of waterways are usable by craft up to 400 metric ton capacity, and over 3,000&nbsp;km are usable by ships up to 1,250 metric ton capacity.<ref name="CBS Vaarwegen"/> Although another source states that all of 6,230&nbsp;km is navigable for craft up to 400 tons, and over 4,000&nbsp;km is usable by ships up to 1,500 metric ton capacity.<ref name="BVB BlueRoad">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The power of inland navigation |url=http://www.binnenvaartadvies.nl/media/item/25/waardevol-transport-brochure-over-toegevoegde-waarde-van-de-binnenvaart-engelse-versie.pdf |location=Rotterdam, the Netherlands |publisher=Dutch Inland Navigation Information Agency (BVB) |page=47 |date=2013 |access-date=11 July 2014}}</ref>

The Dutch [[Inland navigation|inland shipping]] fleet is the biggest in Europe.<ref name="NFIA Seaports">{{cite web |url=http://www.nfia.com/seaports.html |title=Seaports - Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency |date=c. 2010 |website=www.nfia.com |publisher=Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> Consisting of some 7,000 vessels, it takes a share of 35% of the national total annual [[freight transport]], and as much as 80% of [[Bulk material handling|bulk transport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bureauvoorlichtingbinnenvaart.nl/over/cijfers |title=Binnenvaart in Cijfers |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |language=nl |trans-title=Inland water shipping in Numbers |publisher=Bureau Voorlichting Binnenvaart |access-date=11 July 2014}}</ref> Also two thirds of all inland water freight transports within the [[European Union|EU]], and 40% of the EU's inland container shipping, pass through the Netherlands.<ref name="NFIA Seaports"/> All in all the Netherlands has so many waterways that virtually all major industrial areas and population centres can be reached by water via [[inland port]]s (200) and [[transhipment terminal]]s (350).<ref name="BVB BlueRoad"/>