10 jaarGemeentelijkHavenbedrijfAntwerpen

The Port of Antwerp : Entering a new decade

Dr. Chris Coeck

BDM Transport Insurance Seminar 2010

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Causal link between growth of trade and GDP

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History : 16th centuryMost important European port

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The Port of Antwerp

– Total surface: 13.057 ha– Quai length: 160 km– Railway: 1.113 km– Roads: 400 km– Covered storage space:

530 ha

– 2nd largest port in Europe– 2nd largest petrochemical

cluster in the world after Houston, Texas (USA)

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The Port of Antwerp

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Multifunctional port: today and in the future

INDUSTRY

LOGISTICS

CARGO

Maritime cargo transport 2009

container55%

liquid bulk25%

dry bulk11%

breakbulk9%

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87,2 million tonnes = 7,3 million TEU

Shipping freight volumes 1990-2009Containers

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Ranking of world ports

International maritime cargo (millions of tonnes 2008)

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Rotterdam

Singapore

Shanghai

Qingdao

Ningbo Zhoushan

Tianjin

Antwerp

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Ranking of the world container ports

Top 20 world container ports (TEU 2009)

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Singapore

Shanghai

Hongkong

Shenzhen

Busan

Los Angeles

Guangzou

Dubai

Ningbo

Qingdao

Rotterdam

Tianjin

Kaosiung

Port Kelang

Antwerp

Hamburg

Tanjung Pelepas

Xiamen

Laem Chabang

Dalian

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Hamburg Bremen Rotterdam Antwerpen

1990 2008 2009

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Where does the success of Antwerp comes from?

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Success factors

– Wide variety of regular services to all destinations– Location in the heart of Europe– Excellent hinterland connections– Appropriate storage solutions for each product– Collaboration with hinterland hubs– Free capacity

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Geographical location in the heart of the European blue banana (Healy & Baker)

60 % of European purchasing power within 300 km of Antwerp

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Night shot of the European “blue banana”

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Quality and high productivityProductivity of container terminals

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Antwerpen

Rotterdam

Zeebrugge

Thamesport

Hamburg

Felixstowe

Bron : Marconsult

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Excellent connections to the hinterland

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Most important European distribution port

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5.3 million m² of covered warehouse space

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Amsterdam

Hamburg

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Antwerpen

in million square meters

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Largest petrochemical centre of Western Europe, second worldwide

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Second petrochemical cluster worldwide

1st 2nd 3rd

Greater Houston 24 3 2

Antwerp 5 14 4

Rotterdam 3 10 7

Teesside 5 4 4

Marseille 2 1 6

Tarragona 0 4 2

Singapore 0 0 5

– The largest maritime petrochemical clusters in the world are compared with respect to 39 important chemical substances (products, semi-manufactured goods, raw materials). For 5 chemicals, Antwerp is the leading maritime centre of the world, for 14 products the second most important and for 4 the third.

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Important personal effort of all people working in the port

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What is the local impact of the port ?

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64.900 direct 118.200 indirect

183.100 full time equivalents

The Antwerp port as an economic engineEmployment

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– 20,5 billion euro value added annually

= 10,6% of GDP of Flanders

= 6,1% of GDP of Belgium

The Antwerp port as an economic engineValue added

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Port and infrastructural development

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Continued investments

– Continued investments to enhance the leading role and performance of the port

– Investing in future port development

– To improve the attractiveness of a port for individual port users or for groups of users

– Opportunities to improve the competitive position

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Continued investments– The port of Antwerp is ready to enhance its leading position

– Investments in foreland and hinterland of the port

– Investments in hard and soft values

– Hard : infrastructure investments and further development

– Soft Values : strategy / organisational aspects / working conditions

– Double approach

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Future investments in infrastructure

Deepening of the river ScheldtSecond access to the Left BankAdditional terminal capacity (Saeftinghe Development Area)Road infrastructureRailway infrastructureBarge transport

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Deepening of the river Scheldt

– Tidal-independent sailings for vessels with a draft up to 13.10 meters (before: 12.30 meters)

– Up to 75% of all currently tide-dependant vessels will be able to call Antwerp without restrictions

– Wider tidal windows for seagoing vessels with a draft of < 16 metres

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Second access to the left bank

– Second lock for seagoing vessels accessing the left bank

– Operational by 2013-2014

– Biggest lock worldwide:

dimensions: – length: 500 metres– width: 68 metres– depth: 17.80 metres

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Container capacity availableDeurganck dock

– Most recent dock– 5.3 km of quay – > 7 million TEU

capacity– Free capacity available

today !

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Capacity development : a port for the futureSaeftinghe Development Area

– In order to ascertain the growth potential of the port, an extension scenario is selected (construction of a large scale container tidal dock)

– But not only containers !– Saeftinghe Development

Area– an area with maritime,

industrial, logistical and distribution functions

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Capacity development : a port for the futureSaeftinghe Development Area

– Area for maritime, industial and logistic services

– Total surface ca. 1.070 ha– Market consultation with

very strong interest in container handling and tank storage.

– Trimodal polyvalent area– Single most important long

term project for the port of Antwerp

– Economic crisis will not result in abandoning the project

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Development modal split container transport Policy targets for the port of Antwerp

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Investments in hinterland connectionsRoad transport

– The port is surrounded by highways

– Direct access to surrounding countries and easy connection to Eastern Europe

– Merely 40 km from Brussels, the capital of the EU

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– Antwerp, the 2nd biggest rail port in Europe

– > 25 million tonnes per annum– 1100 km tracks in the port– Open access infrastructure

– Each terminal has a rail connection

– 26 shunting yards– 220 loaded freight trains daily

– Investments in rail infrastructure – Ambition to increase rail freight

volume (Master plan Rail 2009-2018)

Investments in hinterland connectionsRail transport

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– Masterplan Antwerp Rail 2009-2018

– Mission– Actions to create favourable

conditions aiming to increase the share of rail in hinterland transport and to improve the market share of Antwerp in Europe.

Investments in hinterland connectionsActions of the port of Antwerp

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– Masterplan Antwerp Rail 2009-2018 :– Consolidation project

Antwerp Intermodal Solutions

– Improve the efficiency of rail in the port area

– Infrastructural works– Liefkenshoekrailtunnel– Second Railway access to

the port– Iron Rhine

Investments in hinterland connectionsActions of the port of Antwerp

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A.Monitoring of railway market and determination of strategy

B.Infrastructural projects

C.Conditions for an open, transparant and competitive railway market

D.Hinterland services and prequencesdiensten en frequenties

E.Promotion and communication

Investments in hinterland connectionsFive domains of actions for railway projects

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– Mission– To strengthen the role of inland navigation to and

from the port of Antwerp, aiming at an increase of market share of inland navigation in the modal split

Investments in hinterland connectionsInland navigation

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Improvement of capacity of Albert Canal (2010)

Renovation Royers lock (2013)Waiting possibilites in Northern port area (2010-2011)Renovation of the Van Cauwelaert lock (2008-2011)

Investments in hinterland connectionsInland navigation

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– Master Plan 2009-2018– Improved

infrastructure– Widening of the

Albert canal and heightening bridges

– Renovation of locks– Supporting systems:

– Barge Traffic System

– Consolidation of small volumes

– etc.

Investments in hinterland connectionsInland navigation

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A.Analysis and policy analysis

B.Optimisation of operational and administrative processes in the port

C.Infrastructural projects

D.Introduction and implementation of technologies for improving the efficiency, environmental performance and safety

E.Cooperation, promotion and networking of inland navigation actors and stakeholders.

Investments in hinterland connectionsFive domains of actions for railway projects

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How will the Antwerp Port Authority cope with the challenges of the market ?

– Specific Intermodal specialists in the Department of Strategy and Development

– Determination of strategic projects with respect to rail, road and inland navigation

– Masterplan Rail – Masterplan Inland Navigation

– Specific Hinterland team– Identification of possible projects and participations in the

hinterland of the port – To guarantee a congestion free flow of containers to and

from the hinterland– Development of extended gates, consolidation hubs and

transferia

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Continued investment of the port of Antwerp

The Port Authority is also investing in:

• purchase of tugs (three under construction, four on order)• purchase of split barges and pusher• suction hopper dredging• ro/ro facilities at Verrebroek dock and Doel dock• finishing of the Verrebroek dock• renovation/investment for quays on right bank• construction of a new Port Authority headquarters

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10 jaarGemeentelijkHavenbedrijfAntwerpen

The Port of Antwerp : Entering a new decade

Dr. Chris Coeck

BDM Transport Insurance Seminar 2010