BELGIUM | Port of Antwerp

[joshsam]

Thanks meureuse:

This is a post I made last year in the European ports tread.

Here you go:

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[Meurisse]

some promovideos on youtube:

Originally Posted by Meurisse

een aantal promofilmpjes over de Haven van Antwerpen

[Meurisse]

www.portofantwerp.com

MSC Emanuela scores record keeldepth in Antwerp without difficulty

The 366 metre-long container carrier MSC Emanuela reached the port of Antwerp without difficulty on 3 April with a record draught of 15 metres, a depth never before attained by any container ship on the Scheldt. This has been made possible by the third round of dredging in the Western Scheld (the lower Scheldt estuary) that was completed last year, permitting tide-independent navigation with draughts of up to 13.10 metres. With due allowance for the tide, vessels with even greater draught can sail up the Scheldt.

The arrival of the Emanuela served as an official test voyage for which permission had been granted by the Permanent Commission for Supervision of Scheldt Navigation. The flawless upstream trip by the MSC Emanuela is of great importance for allowing the Scheldt navigation conditions to be made more flexible. The successful test trip was welcomed by Marc Van Peel,
alderman for the port and chairman of Antwerp Port Authority: “On average two ultra-large container ships call at the port of Antwerp each week. That they can now travel with even deeper draught is a great boost for container shipping in Antwerp,” he declared.

After passing through the Berendrecht lock on Sunday evening the MSC Emanuela headed for the MSC Home Terminal in the Delwaide dock, where she will remain until 1400 hours on Monday.

The successful test trip by the MSC Emanuela also forms part of preparations for the new MSC sailing schedule, with container carriers calling directly at Antwerp from the Far East as of the end of April. This too will be a “first” for the port.

Antwerp, 3 April 2011

[Meurisse]

www.portofantwerp.com

Port of Antwerp gets off to an excellent start in first quarter

The port of Antwerp handled 47,374,451 tonnes of freight in the first three months of this year, up 12.7% on the same period in 2010. The total freight volume, the container volume and the volume of liquid bulk are all higher than the level reached at the same point in the record year of 2008.

The port of Antwerp has clearly shaken off the recession, even if the volumes of conventional/breakbulk and dry bulk continue to lag. “Both these sectors suffered heavily during the recession, but are slowly recovering. Moreover, the recovery is not simply related to the state of the economy,” declared Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx.

In terms of tonnage, the Antwerp container volume in the first quarter of this year grew by 7.8% to 26,240,633 tonnes. In the same period last year the volume was 24,333,081 tonnes. In terms of standard containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) the volume was 2,172,323 TEU. That’s 7.9% more than in 2010, when 2,013,236 TEU was handled. The Antwerp container handlers have never before had such a good first quarter.

In the conventional/breakbulk field 2,926,057 tonnes of freight was handled, an increase of 11.7% compared with 2010. The best performer in this segment was steel, which rose in volume by 41.8% to 1,947,487 tonnes. For the rest there were mixed results for fruit (up 3.7% to 338,552 tonnes), paper and cellulose (down 47.3% to 191,901 tonnes), granite (up 15.6% to
82,526 tonnes) and non-ferrous metals (down 9.6% to 70,841 tonnes). The ro/ro volume for its part is up by 24.1% to 1,001,865 tonnes, with the number of cars handled growing by 27.9% to 252,532.

The volume of liquid and dry bulk rose overall by 20.4%, to 17,205,896 tonnes. Liquid bulk was up by 23.8% to 11,952,276 tonnes, bringing it above the record level of 2008. The increase of 34.6% in the volume of oil derivatives, to 7,818,893 tonnes, is particularl striking. The volume of chemicals rose too, from 16.9% to 2,759,198 tonnes. On the other
hand crude oil declined by 7.2% to 1,255,516 tonnes. Dry bulk for its part experienced a rise of 13.3% to 5,253,620 tonnes. The rising trend was particularly marked for fertilisers (up 9.7% to 1,338,050 tonnes), coal (up 2.4% to 1,288,478 tonnes) and ore (up 63.5% to 946,923
tonnes).

During the first quarter of 2011, a total of 3,741 seagoing ships called at Antwerp, 6.9% more than in the same period last year. The gross tonnage was up by 15.5%, to 77.2 million.

Antwerp, 15 April 2011

[brick84]

The world's largest
the port of Antwerp
designing the maxi-closed




Antwerp - The port of Antwerp, Europe's second largest after Rotterdam, has initiated the construction of closed world's largest, ahead of Deurganckdoc area on the left bank of the river Scheldt, to accommodate vessels up to this when they could not get into the infrastructure.

The weir will provide an operational area with a depth of 17.8 meters and 68 meters off a stretch of water. The facility will open in 2016. The share of steel used to build the dam will be three times the time used for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The work will cost 340 million euros, half of which financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the remaining funds will be provided by the Region of Flanders and by the Port. The development of this structure will improve the productivity of the entire area of the airport on the left of the Belgian Scheldt.

[brick84]

port of Antwerp map

[Meurisse]

www.portofantwerp.com

Port of Antwerp handles 186 million tonnes of freight in 2011
Record year for containers and liquid bulk
Antwerp still the breakbulk port

Antwerp, 29 December 2011 – The port of Antwerp expects to have handled 186.4 million tonnes of freight this year. This represents an increase of 4.6% compared with 2010, when the volume was 178.2 million tonnes. Furthermore, all-time records have been set this year for containers and liquid bulk, with expected volumes of 104,779,157 and 46,095,431 tonnes respectively.

Antwerp’s container volume was up by 2.2% in 2011, to 104,779,157 tonnes. Expressed in standard containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) the figure was correspondingly higher, up 2% to 8,638,311 TEU. This demonstrates that in comparison with other ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre range relatively few empty containers are respositioned in Antwerp.

The ro-ro volume was similarly up, by 13.3% to 4,219,597 tonnes. The number of cars handled in 2011 amounts to 1,056,122, an increase of 14.7%.
Conventional/breakbulk freight also experienced growth: during the past year 12,772,956 tonnes of freight in this category was loaded and unloaded, 14.8% more than the previous year. These growth figures show that the difficult situation in which this segment found itself has partially improved, although a great deal of work remains to be done. The Port Authority is therefore satisfied with the passage in the government agreement that states “the system of dock labour will be modified in consultation with the parties involved (the employers, union organisations, industrial relations mediators and port authorities) in order to modernise it.”
“This initiative should reinforce the competitive position of Antwerp, which is still the largest breakbulk port in Europe,” says Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx.

The volume of bulk freight for its part was up 6.3% to 64,585,083 tonnes, thanks mainly to the large increase in liquid bulk which expanded by 12.4% to 46,095,431 tonnes. “These strong growth figures demonstrate the dynamism of the tank storage companies. They also show that the reconversion of the former breakbulk areas in our port into tank storage areas over the past few decades has been beneficial,” says Eddy Bruyninckx. The associated handling activity generates the highest added value after breakbulk.

Dry bulk on the other hand was down by 6.5% to 18,489,652 tonnes, due largely to lower imports of ore and fertilisers.

The number of seagoing ships calling at the port also rose this year: in 2011 there were 15,230 calls, an increase of exactly 3%. The gross tonnage was up by 8.3%, to 314,437,464 million GT.
The number of jobs done by the dockworkers during the first 11 months of the year amounted to 1,448,411. This represents an increase of 4% compared with the same period last year.

[Meurisse]

Pilots from Panama learn how to handle ultra large container vessels in Antwerp:

[kmieciu]

Are this LNG tanks ?

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[hhhhh]

Very interesting Thread.

[julesstoop]

@kmieciu
I wouldn't think so. LNG has to be kept under pressure, so the covers wouldn't move with the contained volume (as these clearly seem to do). Maybe the leftmost one in the middle row could be one, though.

[infy]

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[HD9]

any News?

[Meurisse]

small update on the works for the new rail tunnel under the Scheldt river

Originally Posted by Meurisse

de werken in de Waaslandhaven:

aansluiting nieuwe lijn net na de spoorbundel daar. Rechts de spoorlijn, die recent op 2 sporen werd gebracht richting bundel thv Deurganckdok


180° gedraaid, de spoorenbundel (Zuid denk ik)


Over de overweg werd 220.000 (!) vierkante meter loods gebouwd voor Tabaknatie


Kruising met Steenlandlaan, richting Liefkenshoektunnel. Nieuwe bedding ligt te wachten op rails, balast en bovenleiding. rechts R2.


180° gedraaid, bedding richting E34 om zo de lus te maken naar sporenbundel van hierboven


op de kruising zelf splitsing van spoorlijn naar sporenbundel (rechts) en naar Kallosluis (links in beeld)

Should make a better update on the entire harbor

Work on the new lock started a few months ago.

Soon the Flemish government will approve the plan which will determine future boundaries of the harbor. This will include 1000 new acres of land that can be turned into harbor area, including the possibility for the new 'Saefthinge dock' (what will be much more larger than the recent 'Deurganck dock'. This plan will also end the rights for living for the small village 'Doel' and several other smaller boroughs ...

[HD9]

[Meurisse]

http://www.portofantwerp.com/en/news...s-freight-2012

Port of Antwerp handles 183.8 million tonnes of freight in 2012

Publication date: 27 Dec 2012

The port of Antwerp is expected to have handled 183.8 million tonnes of freight this year. This represents a drop of 1.8% compared with 2011, when the volume was 187.2 million tonnes. All things considered, these figures are a mild reflection of the state of the economy and of the shipping industry. Antwerp’s performance was also impacted this year by the temporary shutdown of Belgian Refining Corporation (BRC), which depressed the growth figures for liquid bulk.

The container freight volume in Antwerp remained at around the same level, with 8,629,992 TEU (down 0.4%). Expressed in tonnes the fall amounted to 1.1%, to 103,965,023 tonnes. The ro/ro volume for its part rose by 13.6%, to 4,819,539 tonnes. The number of cars handled in 2012 came to 1,233,159, an increase of 14.1%.

On the other hand there was a fall in the volume of conventional breakbulk. By year-end it is expected that 10,804,408 tonnes will have been loaded and unloaded, 14.9% less than in the previous year. This result is mainly due to the fall in the amount of steel handled, which in turn reflects the current market conditions. Despite this the port of Antwerp has managed to further reinforce its position as Europe’s leading steel port in the past few months: various steel customers were won back from other ports (Rautaruukki from Rotterdam and Stemcor from Flushing), while some new ones were attracted to the port (Brown Mc Farlane, Mechel, Erdemir and others).

The bulk freight volume was down by 1.3%, to 64,233,461 tonnes. The liquid bulk volume for its part is expected to clock up at 45,224,048 tonnes, a decrease of 1.7% compared with the previous year. Without the temporary shutdown of BRC it would otherwise have reached a new record level. “This is the best evidence that the reconversion of former breakbulk zones into areas for tank storage during the past couple of decades is now bearing fruit,” declared Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx.

Meanwhile, dry bulk is expected to end the year at 19,009,413 tonnes (down 0.4%).

The number of seagoing ships calling at the port this year amounts to 14,593, a decrease of 4.2% compared with 2011. On the other hand the number of calls by ships of 10,000 TEU or more was up: from 141 in 2011 to an expected 165 this year, demonstrating that the port of Antwerp is very definitely reaping the benefits of the deepening of the Scheldt.

The number of jobs worked by the dockers came to 1,460,469 during the first 11 months of the year. This represents an increase of 0.8% compared with the same period last year.

From the annual study by the National Bank of Belgium concerning the economic importance of the Belgian ports, it emerges that the port of Antwerp generated 19.2 billion euros of added value in 2010. This is nearly twice as much as all three other Belgian seaports together: Ghent, Zeebrugge and Ostend. The port of Antwerp provided work for 146,000 people in 2010, or 60% of total employment in the Flemish ports. 71% of all freight passing through the Flemish seaports is handled in Antwerp. All this makes the port of Antwerp a vital engine of the Flemish economy.

[nigel20]

Very nice thread

[Meurisse]

Today the Flemish government approved the plan that assign almost 2500 acres (1000 hectares) for new harbor activities, including the possibility for a new Saefthinge-dock (almost twice the size of the Deurganckdock)

The little towns Doel, Ouden Doel and Rapenberg are going to be erased for all this...

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