Welcome China Customs Event 2 October 2017
1 The Port of Antwerp
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Development of the port Scheldt Road infrastructure Border Portarea Pre 19th century: Old river harbour 1811 1930: Old transit port in renovation and expansion to the north, until the Van Cauwelaert lock 1951 1965: Marshallplan, construction of the petroleum port and the Ten-year-plan with expansion until the Dutch border 1970 2000: Expansions around the change of the century 2000 -...: Recent developments
The Port of Antwerp today Acreage: 13.057 ha Mooringlength: 166 km Railroads: 1.061 km Roads: 409 km Covered storage: 6,1 milion m²
Miljoen ton Numbers loading and unloading of goods 2016 2 nd largest port in Europe 1. Rotterdam 2. Antwerp Breakbulk 9,7 mln ton 3. Hamburg 210 180 Containers 117,9 mln ton 214 mln ton Liquid bulk 69,6 mln ton Afvoer Aanvoer 150 120 90 Dry bulk 12,4 mln ton 60 30 0 Growth +2,9 % Record: +10 mln TEU Balanced relation between import and export
Port platform: good for 142.654 jobs Source: NBB, 2016 60.586 direct 82.068 indirect Maritime cluster: 27.574 Non-maritime cluster: 33.012 = 3,6% of employment in Belgium = 6,1% of employment in Flanders 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
Significance of the Port of Antwerp Port of Antwerp Belgian airports Diamond industry 19 billion euro Added value 142.654 jobs 4,7% gdp Belgium 8,2% gdp Flanders 4 billion euro Added value 66.200 Jobs 1,1 % gdp Belgium 1,5 billion euro Added value 34.000 jobs Source: NBB 2016 Source: NBB 2014 Source: Masterplan 2020 Diamantsector 2014
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
12 Evolution market share of containers in tons
13 The port of Antwerp today 166 km QUAY LENGTH 143.000 JOBS 19 miljard euro ADDED VALUE 409 km ROADS 12.068 ha PORT AREA 15 terminals SPECIALISED IN BREAKBULK 1.061 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 300.000 m³ ALL-WEATHER TERMINAL
14 Antwerp: primary European petrochemical cluster Antwerp Shanghai Houston Jubail Singapore
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
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
Who works in the Port House Departments: - Patrimony management - Administration - Finance - Port captain department - HR - IT - Commercial, marketing, communication - Infrastructure - Staff department - APEC & PAI
Organisation in the Port of Antwerp Privat companies manage the superstructure and conduct the commercial activities: Terminals Cranes Equipment Warehouses
2 The new Port House
Centralization of the different departments The different administrative and technical departments were spread over a few buildings: Entrepotkaai Hofstraat Kaai 63 Kaai 170
Architect: Cornelis Floris de Vriendt
Old - New
Old - New
Old - New
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
Winner of the competition : Lady Zaha Hadid Servië Frankrijk Azerbeidzjan
The making of
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
International media attention
International media attention - The Times (13/06/2017)
Nomination World Architecture Festival 2017 - Berlin
Port House, Zaha Hadidsquare,2017 Thank you for your attention! Questions?