The Ports of Flanders KEY FACTS & FIGURES
BERLIN
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ROTTERDAM
MILLION TONNES GOODS TURNOVER NORDRHEIN WESTFALEN
Antwerp
LONDON
214
PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE
Zeebrugge mil.
Ghent PORT OF ANTWERP
PORT OF Ostend PORT OF GHENT
RUHR AREA
29
38
mil.
1,5
ALL 4 FLEMISH PORTS
T EN-T Core network SEAGOING VESSELS
29,237
Ostend mil.
Key figures 2016
mil.
CONSUMERS WITHIN A 500 KM RANGE
M ore than 100 million CONTAINER THROUGHPUT
11,4 million TEU
DESTINATIONS WORLDWIDE
More than 500 COVERED WAREHOUSES
6 00 hectares MOTIVATED EMPLOYEES
226,427 PORT SURFACES
20,000 hectares INVESTMENTS
€ 4,0 billion € 11 million / a day
BRUSSELS
PARIS
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Facts
4 Flemish ports. Different in size, location and specialization.
Port of Zeebrugge Deep draught coastal port: 38 million tonnes goods turnover
Port of Antwerp Largest mainport of Flanders, second port in Europe: 214 million tonnes maritime goods turnover • Deepsea container hub, market leader on 5 out of 6 sailing areas • Covering all major traffic flows (e.g. fruit and perishables, forest products, project cargo, bulk liquids, containers, steel, roll-on roll-off, cars, coal, iron ore, bulk agricultural produce, fertilizers, energy gasses, conventional general cargo) • World’s most important coffee port • Europe’s leading integrated maritime and logistics platform • Europe’s largest oil and chemical cluster • Excellent inland location: 80 km from the sea • Accessible for the latest generation of container ships: even +18,000 teu container vessels • Widely connected to the fore- and hinterland • Appropriate storage solutions for each product (i.e. 560 hectares covered storage space) • Extensive shortsea and feeder network
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• Deepsea container port, with frequent connections to Asia
Port of Ostend
• Shortsea: important roll-on roll-off destinations in Europe (Great Britain, Iberian peninsula, Scandinavia and Baltic) • Number 1 car handling port in the world • Important hub for liquefied natural gas (lng) • Important forrest products distribution centre
Small coastal port: 1.5 million tonnes goods turnover
• Cruise port
• Service port for the offshore wind business. Specialized port for the construction and Operations & Maintenance of the wind farms in the North Sea
• Accessible at any time for the largest container ships • Specialized in handling foodstuffs
Port of Ghent Multimodal port with good connections: 29 million tonnes goods turnover
• Specialized in project cargo and sand/gravel for the building industry • Good connections to the motorways and rail network
• Specialized in dry & liquid bulk: grain, vegetable oils, building materials, coal & iron ore, petroleum products, woodpellets, biofuels, … • Centre for production & logistics close to consumer markets: automotive, paper industry, bio-energy, roro and containers • Multimodal port with good connection to France, the Netherlands and Germany by inland navigation • Space to invest: one of the biggest maritime sites in europe (660 hectares) around the new Kluizendok • Excellent inland location & nautical access: 64 km from the sea, accessible via the GhentTerneuzen canal, a new lock in 2022
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Figures
Goods total turnover x1000 tonnes
300,000
250,000
200,000
Containers: number of Twenty foot Equivalent Units (TEU)
150,000
100,000
50,000
0 2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Antwerp
Zeebrugge
Ghent
Ostend
Legend
ANTWERP
9,950
0
915,207
0
1,893,115
ZEEBRUGGE
2000
4,097,247
965,345
9,900
0
5,072,492
GHENT
2010
8,468,310
2,499,756
83,065
0
11,051,131
2011
8,662,034
2,206,681
80,093
0
10,948,808
2012
8,635,129
1,953,170
88,159
0
10,676,458
2013
8,578,281
2,026,270
70,288
0
10,674,839
268,880
2014
8,977,738
2,046,586
36,800
0
11,061,124
9,653,511
1,568,938
20,195
0
11,242,644
10,037,341
1,399,309
12,211
0
11,448,861
130,994
35,475
24,039
4,307
194,815
2010
178,170
49,600
27,258
4,935
259,963
2011
187,203
46,958
27,192
3,844
265,197
2012
184,129
43,544
26,303
3,196
257,172
2013
190,972
42,832
25,955
1,819
261,578
ANTWERP
• ,
OSTEND
2015
208,425
38,318
26,362
1,295
274,400
2015
2016
214,167
37,813
29,110
1,464
282,554
2016
x 1000 tonnes (2016)
6+32+5525 4+16+384 60+19+2910 92+6+2 12+28+4776 GHENT
OSTEND
TOTAL
ANTWERP
ZEEBRUGGE
GHENT
OSTEND
TOTAL
Dry Bulk
12,642
1,488
17,733
1,344
33,207
Liquid Bulk
69,242
6,032
5,429
91
80,794
Containers
117,910
14,445
133
0
132,488
Roll-on roll-off
4,569
14,352
2,114
0
21,035
Conventional cargo
9,804
1,496
3,701
29
15,030
Total
214,167
37,813
29,110
1,464
282,554
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TOTAL
9,620
2000
ZEEBRUGGE
OSTEND
181,010
161,349
ANTWERP
GHENT
334,382
118,308
4,552
Goods: Categories
ZEEBRUGGE
724,247
3,760
24,439
1,431
0
1,549.113
18,424
30,349
25,889
12,211
1990
14,189
102,009
42,548
1,399,309
1980
81,935
1990
199,012
2006
TOTAL
2005
OSTEND
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
GHENT
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
ZEEBRUGGE
1980
2014
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1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
ANTWERP
10,037,341
Number of passengers
3,529
1,073,308
1,229 GHENT
OSTEND
14,473
8,467
2,891
3,406
ANTWERP
ZEEBRUGGE
4,287
(2016)
Number of seagoing vessels
ANTWERP
ZEEBRUGGE
GHENT
OSTEND
(2016)
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Origin
Goods unloaded in the ports of Flanders
45+11+8226 78+1+316 57+23+1441 99+1 51+12+91216 ANTWERP
ZEEBRUGGE
75,4
million tonnes EUROPE
18,6
GHENT
31,6
million tonnes NORTH AMERICA
million tonnes ASIA
OSTEND
14,9
million tonnes SOUTH AMERICA
8,4
million tonnes AFRICA
1,6
million tonnes OCEANIA
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TOTAL
GOODS UNLOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016)
48,231
Europe North America
13,571
South America
10,959 807
Oceania
28,797
Asia
8,053
Africa
110,418
Total
GOODS UNLOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016)
13.170
Europe North America
136
South America
840 138
Oceania
2.650
Asia
147
Africa
17.081
Total
GOODS UNLOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016)
12,628
Europe North America
4,918
South America
3,056
Oceania
639
Asia
179 231
Africa
21,651
Total
GOODS UNLOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016)
1,396
Europe North America
0
South America
0
Oceania
0
Asia
7 14
Africa
1,417
Total
GOODS UNLOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
75,425
North America
18,625
South America
14,855
Oceania Asia Africa Total
1,584 31,633 8,445 150,567
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GOODS LOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
29,141
North America
13,195
South America
8,930 791
Oceania
34,288
Asia
17,405
Africa Total
103,749
GOODS LOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
18,041
North America
661
South America
361
Oceania
244
Asia
1,191
Africa Total
234 20,732
GOODS LOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
5,731
North America
369
South America
228
Oceania Asia Africa Total
0 928 203 7,459
GOODS LOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
46
North America
0
South America
0
Oceania
0
Asia
0
Africa
0
Total
46
GOODS LOADED
(x 1000 tonnes (2016) Europe
52,959
North America
14,225
South America
9,519
Oceania
1,035
Asia
36,407
Africa
17,842
Total
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131,986
29+12+813416 89+3+15 77+5+2114 100 40+10+812912
Destination
Goods loaded in the ports of Flanders
ANTWERP
ZEEBRUGGE
53,0
million tonnes EUROPE
GHENT
14,2
36,4
million tonnes
million tonnes
NORTH AMERICA
ASIA
OSTEND
TOTAL
9,5
million tonnes SOUTH AMERICA
17,8
million tonnes AFRICA
1,0
million tonnes OCEANIA
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Hinterland connections
More info
In the center of Europe: thanks to excellent hinterland connections a lot of important consumption centers are just a few hours away from the ports of Flanders (500 km range)
CORPORATE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Each Flemish Port Authority (PA) fulfills all the criteria concerning corporate and social responsibility (criteria from ESPO Port Performance Dashboard): • The Port Authority (PA) holds an Annual Meeting • The Annual Report of the PA is publicly available • The PA holds regular meetings with the port community and stakeholders • The PA publishes reports on socially responsible initiatives • The PA publishes financial reports • The PA's specific mission statement is publicly available • The PA maintains financial accounts audited by external auditor(s) • The PA has internal analytical accounting processes • The PA uses public selection procedures to contract land
AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT Each Flemish Port Authority (PA) is managed autonomously. They fulfill the following criteria from the ESPO Port Performance Dashboard:
UNITED KINGDOM
• The PA has its own legal status
NETHERLANDS
• The PA is directed by a daily management body (e.g. management board or management committee) FLANDERS
60% of the European purchasing power is located within 500 km of Flanders.
GERMANY
LUXEMBOURG
• The PA develops a port masterplan • The PA is able to contract port land to third parties (e.g. terminal operators) in order to permit these parties to provide port services • The PA is responsible to set the rules of agreements with third parties • The PA issues safety regulations in addition to (obligatory) national/international regulations • The PA issues security regulations in addition to (obligatory) national/international regulations
FRANCE SWITZERLAND
• The PA issues environmental regulations in addition to (obligatory) national/ international regulations • The PA is financially autonomous
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FLANDERS PORT AREA Investing in Flanders Flanders is generally considered as the absolute European number one location for logistics operations. Thanks to its geographical location and its know-how it is a central link in world trade. It is ideally located to serve a large part of European and world consumers. Add to this an excellent port infrastructure and gigantic storage capacities as well as a highly skilled workforce and you will understand why Flanders is the perfect location for international companies. Flanders Investment and Trade can support you all the way, from setting up to expanding your professional activities in Flanders. They provide confidential information, advice and guidance. Their experienced staff is happy to help you with all your questions regarding investment subsidies and recruitment, and can introduce you to the right decision-makers and to community life in Flanders. Interested? Contact Flanders Investment & Trade (FlT) at www.investinflanders.be
Region of Ports Flanders is a region of ports. Our four seaports, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent and Ostend, are gateways to the European hinterland. Geographically speaking, sixty percent of the European purchasing power is located within 500 kilometers of Flanders. Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Zeebrugge are situated a mere 100 kilometers apart. But what’s more: Paris is at barely 300 kilometers, the Ruhr Area at 150 kilometers at most. Brussels, the centre of international networks and home to the headquarters of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament is at the same time the capital of the Flemish Region and of Belgium itself. In 2013 the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent and Ostend together with the Flemish Port Community and the Flemish Government agreed to strengthen their international competitiveness in a bottom-up collaboration strategy called Flanders Port Area. The ports in Flanders are competitors but join forces whenever possible to guarantee their customers maximum added value. Flanders’ ports are working together in economic and commercial domains, logistics, the development of operational tools and on policy themes. The Flemish Government plays a supporting and stimulating role. Its assets and joint strategies turn Flanders Port Area into a valuable hub of the European transport network and make it the most efficient way to reach 500,000,000 European consumers.
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Colophon Composition of: • The Flemish Port Commission • The Ports of Antwerp, Ghent, Zeebrugge and Ostend • The Department Mobility and Public Works (Government of Flanders) • Flanders Investment and Trade (Government of Flanders)
Responsible Editor Filip Boelaert, Civil Engineer, Secretary-General for Department Mobility and Public Works Koning Albert II-laan 20, Post Box 2, 1000 Brussels
Photos Tom D’Haenens, Marco Mertens, Michel Dauchy, Dirk Neyts, Port of Antwerp, Port of Ghent, Port of Ostend, Port of Zeebrugge, Department Mobility and Public Works
Layout Absoluut, www.absoluut.be
Registration number D/2015/3241/172
Edition May, 2017
Statistical Information
More statistical information concerning the Flemish ports can be found on: www.flemishportcommission.be The Flemish Port Commission contributes to the preparation of port policy. It has an advisory and recommendatory mission as well as a research and informative mission.
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ANTWERP PORT AUTHORITY Port House Zaha Hadidplein 1 B-2030 Antwerp, Belgium T +32 3 205 20 11 F +32 3 205 20 28 E info@portofantwerp.com www.portofantwerp.com
PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE P. Vandammehuis Isabellalaan 1 B-8380 Zeebrugge, Belgium T +32 50 54 32 11 F +32 50 54 32 24 E mbz@zeebruggeport.be www.portofzeebrugge.be
GHENT PORT COMPANY Limited liability company under public law John Kennedylaan 32 B-9042 Ghent, Belgium T +32 9 251 05 50 F +32 9 251 54 06 E info@portofghent.be www.portofghent.be
PORT OF OOSTENDE Slijkensesteenweg 2 B-8400 Ostend, Belgium T +32 59 34 07 11 F +32 59 34 07 10 E info@portofOstend.be www.portofOstend.be