Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin 1920s gwamnatin Belgian ta buƙaci maye gurbin Canal ta Zuid-Beveland, don kiyaye tashar Antwerp mai amfani ga cinikin Rhine mai riba. Dangane da shirin asali, sabon tashar ya kamata ya haɗa Antwerp kai tsaye zuwa Moerdijk akan Hollands Diep, amma bayan Yaƙin Duniya na biyu da ambaliyar Tekun Arewa na 1953
Gwamnatin Holland ta yanke shawarar cewa sabon tashar ya kamata ya zama wani ɓangare na Delta Works kuma ya ba da shawarar hanyar da ta fi yammaci, a zahiri zai ɗauki hanya ɗaya kamar tsohuwar kogin Striene. Bayan gwamnatin Belgium ta yarda a shekara ta 1963, aka soma aikin a kan hanyar.