The Breakbulk Port of Europe

Efficient hinterland
connections
Wide range of
logistics and
storage solutions
Around 14,000 seagoing ships
and 55,000 barges call at
Antwerp every year. The Port of
Antwerp offers immediate access
to extensive road, rail and inland
shipping networks and is as
such a major link in the chain of
international trade. All terminals
at the port are multimodal with
rail links extending right up to the
terminal and direct transhipment
possibilities into barge and train.
The port offers direct access
to the 1,500 km (930 miles) of
inland waterways in Belgium and
further afield in the Ruhr region
of Germany, Eastern France,
Switzerland and the entire panEuropean network. Thousands
of trucks are also loaded and
unloaded on a daily basis.
Antwerp’s central location within
Northwest Europe makes it the
port of choice for a range of
customers offering the fastest
onward connections to the continent’s major industrial and commercial centres. Unique amongst
its neighbouring seaports, the
Port of Antwerp can receive
millions of tonnes of cargo up to
80 km (50 miles) inland by the
most environmentally-friendly
means of transport, thus massively reducing truckmovements
and their resultant carbon footprint.
Antwerp Port Authority
Port House
Commercial and business
development team – Breakbulk,
roro and project cargo:
Walter Van Mulders, Wim Dillen
and Albert Pegg
1 Entrepotkaai
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
T+32 3 205 20 11
F+32 3 205 20 28
Ecustomerservice
@haven.antwerpen.be
www.portofantwerp.com
With a dozen breakbulk terminal
operators to choose from and a
large number of logistics operators within easy reach, the Port
of Antwerp offers a full range of
services tailored to the individual
needs of its customers. The port
comprises, for instance, Steel
Service Centres for the cutting,
slitting and picking of steel
products and Vehicle Processing
Centres preparing and modifying
rolling stock for the European
market. The Port of Antwerp
also offers extensive value-added
services for project cargo, forest
products and fruit such as order
picking, quality control, retail
packaging and storage. Over
5 million m² (1,334 acres) of covered storage capacity is available,
fulfilling the specific requirements
of each commodity.
LEGEND European hinterland
Major rail freight flows
Major road freight flows
Major freight flows via
inland waterways
A vision for the
future: Antwerp
invests in breakbulk
infrastructure
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Norway
United Kingdom
Estonia
Latvia
Denmark
Ireland
Lithuania
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Belgium
Antwerp
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France
Czech Rep.
Austria
Switz.
Slovenia
Portugal
Spain
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Italy
Greece
Cyprus
The Port of Antwerp and its operators continue to invest in the
future growth of the port's breakbulk activities. With the construction of new dedicated breakbulk
terminals and the renovation of
quay walls and existing terminals,
including dedicated deepsea
steel and metal terminals, the
Port of Antwerp is boosting the
capacity and efficiency of its
handling services even further in
the future. A second lock, improving access to the left bank of the
river, will soon be constructed.
Alfaport Antwerpen
33 Brouwersvliet, box 8
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
T+32 3 205 18 80
F+32 3 231 27 52
[email protected]
www.alfaportantwerpen.be
1 2 Preparing the cars for the
European market.
3 4 Postponed production to
meet customers specifications.
5 All-weather terminal.
6 With an extensive range of
value-added services, the Port of
Antwerp is the port of choice for
all breakbulk cargo in Europe.
Antwerp sets the standards
for productivity and efficient
handling.
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Responsible editor
Annik Dirkx
Design
Catapult, Antwerp
Photography
© Cover image by courtesy of ZOO Antwerp
© Antwerp Port Authority
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Port Representatives
Brazil
Mrs Madeleine Onclinx
Avenida Ipiranga 200
Bloco D 202
01046-925 São Paulo
Brazil
T +55 11 3258 6214
F +55 11 3259 2698
E [email protected]
China
Jan van der Borght
Suite F2, 25th Floor,
Jun Yao Int Plaza,
No.789, Zhao Jia Bang Road,
Shanghai 200032
China
T +86 21 5496 0376
F +86 21 5496 0375
M+86 136 5198 0085
E [email protected]
Stephen Yen
Suite F2, 25th Floor,
Jun Yao Int Plaza,
No.789, Zhao Jia Bang Road,
Shanghai 200032
China
T +86 21 6418 8006
M+86 136 4192 0905
E [email protected]
India
Raj Khalid
50 Manuel Gonsalves Road
Bandra, Mumbai 400050
India
T +91 22 2643 1913
E [email protected]
United States
Eddy Dekkers
380 Rector Place, Suite 5 P
New York, NY 10280
USA
T +1 212 945 3782
F +1 212 945 7240
E [email protected]
The
Breakbulk
Port of
Europe
The breakbulk port of Europe
The big five in Breakbulk
State-of-the-art terminals,
highly-skilled workforce
Steel
The Port of Antwerp is the largest
steel port in the world, handling
around 6 million tonnes of steel
annually. It is the port of choice
for virtually all European steel
manufacturers, handling more
than 50% of all import and
export to and from the European
hinterland and accommodating
a large range of products from
coils and sheets to beams, pipes
and wire.
Largest concentration of
breakbulk sailings
Efficient hinterland
connections
Wide range of logistics and
storage solutions
Rolling stock
Combining extensive roro terminals, congestion-free lines and
fast, efficient handling, the Port
of Antwerp is your experienced
partner for all roll on-roll off cargo
in Europe with an annual volume
of almost 800,000 vehicles.
Forest Products
Handling an annual volume of
around 1.5 million tonnes of noncontainerized forest products, the
Port of Antwerp offers dedicated
terminals and specialized warehouses for all kinds of products
from paper and pulp to wood,
timber, plywood, etc.
State-of-the-art terminals,
highly-skilled workforce
With an extensive range of
dedicated terminals and qualified personnel, the Port of Antwerp offers the highest levels of
productivity right in the heart of
Europe. The port also boasts a
range of specialized equipment
for every type of cargo. The Port
Authority’s BRABO floating crane,
Largest concentration of
breakbulk sailings
for instance, can lift project cargo
and other heavy loads of up to
800 metric tonnes.
call on the resources of a large
body of competent, highly-trained
professionals.
The Port of Antwerp has a proven
track record in the efficient, reliable handling of a wide variety of
cargo. Employing an innovative
workforce model, the Port can
Thanks to a unique shift system
the port is in permanent operation 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year.
The Port of Antwerp serves as a
vital link between international
maritime routes and the continent’s multimodal transport
network. It also offers an impressive array of liner and short sea/
deep sea chartering services.
More than 220 breakbulk sailings
a month link Antwerp to the rest
of the world.
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The Port of Antwerp combines a
long tradition in breakbulk cargo
with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Handling around 15 million tonnes of
steel, forest products, fruit, roro and
project cargo every year, the Port of
Antwerp boasts the capacity, productivity and full range of services you
would expect from one of the world’s
largest ports. Offering the most convenient inland connections by road,
rail or barge, it is little wonder the
Port of Antwerp is Europe’s number 1
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The Port of Antwerp boasts an extensive
array of dedicated breakbulk terminals,
continuously investing in innovative
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Fruit
The Port of Antwerp has some of
the most sophisticated infrastructure in the world for the handling
of fresh produce including refrigerated warehouses, Europe’s only
automated storage system and
a range of value-added services
such as (re)packaging, quality
control and ripening.
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Project cargo
The Port of Antwerp has years
of experience in handing project
and heavy lift cargo from train
carriages to windmills, heavy machinery, oil well supplies, manufacturing equipment and cranes.
LEGEND General cargo SAILINGS
World total = 220 sailings per month
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia