Welcome. China Customs Event 2 October 2017

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1 Welcome China Customs Event 2 October 2017

2 1 The Port of Antwerp

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4 Development of the port Scheldt Road infrastructure Border Portarea Pre 19th century: Old river harbour : Old transit port in renovation and expansion to the north, until the Van Cauwelaert lock : Marshallplan, construction of the petroleum port and the Ten-year-plan with expansion until the Dutch border : Expansions around the change of the century : Recent developments

5 The Port of Antwerp today Acreage: ha Mooringlength: 166 km Railroads: km Roads: 409 km Covered storage: 6,1 milion m²

6 Miljoen ton Numbers loading and unloading of goods nd largest port in Europe 1. Rotterdam 2. Antwerp Breakbulk 9,7 mln ton 3. Hamburg Containers 117,9 mln ton 214 mln ton Liquid bulk 69,6 mln ton Afvoer Aanvoer Dry bulk 12,4 mln ton Growth +2,9 % Record: +10 mln TEU Balanced relation between import and export

7 Port platform: good for jobs Source: NBB, direct indirect Maritime cluster: Non-maritime cluster: = 3,6% of employment in Belgium = 6,1% of employment in Flanders 8

8 Research by province of Antwerp (Notteboom: 2015): Municipalities of the province of Antwerp and Waasland obtain 48,8 miljon euro via incometaxes, thanks to the activities of the port

9 Significance of the Port of Antwerp Port of Antwerp Belgian airports Diamond industry 19 billion euro Added value jobs 4,7% gdp Belgium 8,2% gdp Flanders 4 billion euro Added value Jobs 1,1 % gdp Belgium 1,5 billion euro Added value jobs Source: NBB 2016 Source: NBB 2014 Source: Masterplan 2020 Diamantsector 2014

10 11 Significance of a European economic platform Logistics: important logistical hub in Hamburg-Le Havre range Industry: biggest integrated chemical cluster in Europe Cargohandling: second largest maritime port in Europe

11 12 Evolution market share of containers in tons

12 13 The port of Antwerp today 166 km QUAY LENGTH JOBS 19 miljard euro ADDED VALUE 409 km ROADS ha PORT AREA 15 terminals SPECIALISED IN BREAKBULK km RAILSWAYS 16 miljoen TEU CONTAINER CAPACITY 6,1 miljoen m² INDOOR STORAGE 7 STEEL SERVICE CENTERS 7,2 miljoen m³ STORAGE CAPACITY LIQUID BULK 2 miljoen m³ COOLED STORAGE m³ ALL-WEATHER TERMINAL

13 14 Antwerp: primary European petrochemical cluster Antwerp Shanghai Houston Jubail Singapore

14 Antwerp cluster: representation of the main global actors in the chemical and oil-industry BASF Air Liquide Solvay IBR(part of Gunvor) Ineos Monsanto Evonik Degussa Antwerp Covestro Lanxess Total (Refinery + Petrochemicals) ExxonMobil (Refinery + Petrochemicals) Eurochem Borealis Dow Praxair 40 % of the port area is acknowledged as SEVESO-area = 52 km² BASF Ludwigshafen = 10 km² BASF Antwerpen = 6 km² Restricted list

15 Organisation in the Port of Antwerp The Port Authority is a PLC of Public Right which is responsible for: Management of infrastructure: Docks Bridges Locks Quayside Concessions Trafficmanagement of ships Marketing & branding of the port

16 Who works in the Port House Departments: - Patrimony management - Administration - Finance - Port captain department - HR - IT - Commercial, marketing, communication - Infrastructure - Staff department - APEC & PAI

17 Organisation in the Port of Antwerp Privat companies manage the superstructure and conduct the commercial activities: Terminals Cranes Equipment Warehouses

18 2 The new Port House

19 Centralization of the different departments The different administrative and technical departments were spread over a few buildings: Entrepotkaai Hofstraat Kaai 63 Kaai 170

20 Architect: Cornelis Floris de Vriendt

21 Old - New

22 Old - New

23 Old - New

24 Architecture Competition: Flemish master builder Kempe Thill &a20 Rapp+Rapp Xaveer De Geyter Vier Arquitectos 5 designers were allowed to hand in their project proposition: The 4 which didn t make it

25 Winner of the competition : Lady Zaha Hadid Servië Frankrijk Azerbeidzjan

26 The making of

27 The Port House in numbers Height = 46m / Height O.L.L Cathedral = 123m 1900 triangular windows in the new building Atrium roof (102 tons), pilars (205 tons), new building (1500 tons) Important businesscard for Antwerp: as the number one steelport in Europe Wood for the renovation of the 270 windows in the historic building: shipped via container from Canada Brick for the raw space from recovered slush from the Scheldt

28 International media attention

29 International media attention - The Times (13/06/2017)

30 Nomination World Architecture Festival Berlin

31 Port House, Zaha Hadidsquare,2017 Thank you for your attention! Questions?