3. 200
150
Million tonnes
100
50
total
unloaded
loaded 0
97 98 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Maritime cargo transport 2011: 187 million tonnes
4. Breakbulk :
European market shares excl. rolling stock 2010 (except for Bremen* &
Hamburg* incl. rolling stock)
0% 10% 20% 30%
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bremen*
Dunkirk
Ghent
Hamburg*
Rotterdam
Zeebrugge
Zeeland Seaports
5. Antwerp: Europe’s n 1 breakbulk port
3rd
Roro
1st Steel Forest products 1st
Fruit
Project cargo 1st
1st
6. Project cargo
– Main European port for project
cargo
– Handling > 2 million freight
tons/year
– Oversize dimension cargo or heavy
loads:
– locomotives & wagons
– wind turbines
– machinery
– Industrial installations
– cranes
– etc.
7. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
8. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
9. Maritime connections
– Direct services to over 500 ports
– 300 of which are called at weekly
– The Antwerp arrival and departure
list: www.portofantwerp.com
Shortsea regional container traffic
North Sea
47% Atlantic
Baltic/Scandin/
Russia
18% UK/Ireland
Spain/Portugal
12% 23%
10
10. Well connected to the European hinterland
Trimodal port
All berths are fully trimodal:
barge/feeder, rail and truck
11. 200+ trains leave the port every day in all directions
Antwerp: directly linked to all major European motorways
Barge connections to Germany, Austria, France,…
12. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
13. Cranes
Floating crane ‘Brabo’
800 ton lifting capacity
18. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
19. Handling & storage area
•5,6 millions m² covered
warehouses
•Covered (un)loading installations
for breakbulk, incl. overhead gantry
crane with 50 MT capacity
•Direct transshipment seagoing
vessel-barge possible
•Delivery on truck/rail under cover
23. Packaging
– Packaging of industrial loads in
accordance with international
maritime standards
– Special cargo protection:
vaportight, shock absorbing,
waterproof, imo, fumigation
– Consolidation and project
management, ...
27. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
32. Safeguarding the future:
training & development
– continued investments in
human capital
by using innovating handling
techniques
training in handling the equipment
safety training
zero damages = no costs Trainees
zero accidents = zero downtime
Efficiency = Productivity + Quality
33. Wind Logistics
Antwerp
… your port to the Wind Energy sector
Thank you for your attention
CONTACT DETAILS:
Antwerp Port Authority
Albert Pegg
Senior Advisor
albert.pegg@portofantwerp.be