1 / 22

The Port of Antwerp A general presentation

The Port of Antwerp A general presentation. Antwerp during the 16 th century. 1st European port 2nd largest city of Europe. Growth. Antwerp during the 17 th and 18 th century. Religious wars 1585: fall of Antwerp The Netherlands block the Scheldt 200 years closure of the Scheldt.

jerrod
Download Presentation

The Port of Antwerp A general presentation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Port of AntwerpA general presentation

  2. Antwerp during the 16th century • 1st European port • 2nd largest city • of Europe Growth

  3. Antwerp during the 17thand 18th century • Religious wars • 1585: fall of Antwerp • The Netherlands block the Scheldt • 200 years closure of the Scheldt Growth

  4. Antwerp at the end of the 18th century • The French Revolution • 1795: Napoleon reopens the Scheldt Growth

  5. Growth of the port of Antwerp Beginning 19th century: Bonapartedock & Willemdock End 19thcentury & beginning 20th century: Scheldt quays + first docks Interbellum: docksuntil Van Cauwelaert lock - Albert canal 1956-1966: docksuntil Zandvlietlock Netherlands Belgium 1975: Scheldt-Rhine connection 1982: Delwaidedock 1987: opening Left bank 1989: Berendrecht lock 1990-1997: North sea- & Europeterminal 2000: Verrebroekdock & Deurganckdock Antwerp Growth

  6. Current view of the port • Total surface : 13.455 ha • Quay length : 127 km • Railway length : 960 km • Road length : 276 km • Covered storage : 520 ha Growth

  7. 2nd maritime petrochemicalcentre of the world World port

  8. The importance of the industry • Existing chemical industry (2348 ha) • Available internal reserves (267 ha) World port

  9. Steel1st port in Europe World port

  10. Ro-Ro3rd port in Europe World port

  11. European waterways junction • 64000 barges have • transported 76 million tons(2003) Successful factors

  12. Paris Praag European railways junction Helsinki Oslo Stockholm • Largest railway port in Europe • Terminal for 12 12 international lines • Daily 220 loaded cargo trains • 21,6 million tons in 2002 Moskou Copenhagen London Minsk Warschau Berlin Bratislava Wenen Bern Boedapest Boekarest Madrid Sofia Lissabon Rome Istanbul Athene Successful factors

  13. European motorways junction Helsinki Oslo Stockholm Moskou Copenhagen London Minsk Warschau Berlin Paris Praag Bratislava Vienna Bern Boedapest Boekarest Madrid Sofia Lissabon Rome Istanbul Athene Successful factors

  14. Maritime connections with the rest of the world • 300 liner services serve 800 overseas destinations : • 600 on a regular basis • 325 on a weekly basis • 50 on a daily basis Successful factors

  15. Highly developed logistic &distribution functions 5,2 million m² covered storage space Successful factors

  16. Direct employment Local impact

  17. Added value 1/2 of the added valueof the city of Antwerp of the added valueof the Antwerp region 1/3 1/4 of the added valueof the province of Antwerp of the added valueof Flanders 1/12 of the added valueof Belgium 1/20 Local impact

  18. The Iron Rhine Future plans

  19. Improvementmotorway infrastructureMasterplan A12 • 1. Oosterweel connection • 2. Improvement “Leugenbergbend” • 3. Connection R2-E17 • (Liefkenshoektunnel - E17) • 4. Connection E19/A12 - E34 • (Merksem - Wommelgem) • 5. Connection E19 - A12 • (Kontich - Boom) • 6. Connection A12 - E17 • (Willebroek -Temse - Sint-Niklaas) E19 2 E34 A11 4 1 3 E313 E17 5 6 A12 E19 Future plans

  20. Improvementrailway infrastructure Masterplan • 1. Secondrailway access • 2. Iron Rhine • 3. Railway tunnel • 4. Connection Left bankdirection Ghent • 5. “Mega-hub”combined transport 5 3 1 4 2 Future plans

  21. Technical and training support Antwerp Port Authority AGHA Antwerp/ FlandersPort Training Center Future plans

More Related