OWI Application LabLaunch-event
Antwerp, 24/01/2012
Marc Van Peel
Alderman for port and personnel, City of Antwerp & chairman of the board, Antwerp Port Authority
OWI Application LabLaunch-event
Antwerp, 24/01/2012
Albert Pegg
Senior Advisor – Marketing, Promotion & Commercial RelationsAntwerp Port Authority
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Maritime cargo transport 2011: 187 million tonnes
Breakbulk :European market shares excl. rolling stock 2010 (except for Bremen* & Hamburg* incl. rolling stock)
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bremen*
Dunkirk
Ghent
Hamburg*
Rotterdam
Zeebrugge
Zeeland Seaports
Antwerp: Europe’s n 1 breakbulk port
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Project cargoFruit
Project cargo
Steel
3rd
Forest products 1st
1st1st
1st
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.
1. Excellent connectivity
Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
3. Advanced added value services
1. Excellent connectivity
Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
3. Advanced added value services
– Direct services to over 500 ports– 300 of which are called at weekly– The Antwerp arrival and departure
list: www.portofantwerp.com
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Maritime connections
Shortsea regional container traffic
18%
12% 23%
47%North SeaAtlanticBaltic/Scandin/RussiaUK/Ireland
Spain/Portugal
Well connected to the European hinterland
All berths are fully trimodal: barge/feeder, rail and truck
Trimodal port
200+ trains leave the port every day in all directions
Antwerp: directly linked to all major European motorways
Barge connections to Germany, Austria, France,…
1. Excellent connectivity
Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
3. Advanced added value services
Cranes
Floating crane ‘Brabo’
800 ton lifting capacity
Cranes
Tandem lift
Rolling EquipmentForkliftsReach StackersFlatbed trailer or MAFI’s
Lifting gearSpreader beams & framesSlings - chains
- wire rope- synthetic
Hooks and shackles
Modern technology
Vacuum
Modern technology
Magnets
1. Excellent connectivity
Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
3. Advanced added value services
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
Experience to handle oversized cargo
Experience to handle oversized cargo
Stuffing & stripping
– Packaging of industrial loads in accordance with international maritime standards
– Special cargo protection: vaportight, shock absorbing, waterproof, imo, fumigation
– Consolidation and project management, ...
Packaging
Service centres
Decoiling Laser cutting
Direct transshipment
Lashing and securing
1. Excellent connectivity
Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force
3. Advanced added value services
Experienced stevedores and operators
Location of the breakbulkterminals
Safeguarding the future:refurbishment of terminals
Experienced labour force
Safeguarding the future:training & development
– continued investments in human capital
by using innovating handling techniques
training in handling the equipment safety training
Trainees
Efficiency = Productivity + Quality
zero damages = no costszero accidents = zero downtime
Wind Logistics
Antwerp… your port to the Wind Energy sector
Thank you for your attention
CONTACT DETAILS:Antwerp Port Authority
Albert PeggSenior Advisor