Launch of the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab - Sirris.

1. OWI Application Lab
Launch-event
Antwerp, 24/01/2012
Marc Van Peel
Alderman for port and personnel, City of Antwerp & chairman of the board, Antwerp Port Authority

2. OWI Application Lab
Launch-event
Antwerp, 24/01/2012
Albert Pegg
Senior Advisor – Marketing, Promotion & Commercial Relations
Antwerp Port Authority

3. 200
150
Million tonnes
100
50
total
unloaded
loaded 0
97 98 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Maritime cargo transport 2011: 187 million tonnes

4. Breakbulk :
European market shares excl. rolling stock 2010 (except for Bremen* &
Hamburg* incl. rolling stock)
0% 10% 20% 30%
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bremen*
Dunkirk
Ghent
Hamburg*
Rotterdam
Zeebrugge
Zeeland Seaports

5. Antwerp: Europe’s n 1 breakbulk port
3rd
Roro
1st Steel Forest products 1st
Fruit
Project cargo 1st
1st

6. Project cargo
– Main European port for project
cargo
– Handling > 2 million freight
tons/year
– Oversize dimension cargo or heavy
loads:
– locomotives & wagons
– wind turbines
– machinery
– Industrial installations
– cranes
– etc.

7. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

8. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

9. Maritime connections
– Direct services to over 500 ports
– 300 of which are called at weekly
– The Antwerp arrival and departure
list: www.portofantwerp.com
Shortsea regional container traffic
North Sea
47% Atlantic
Baltic/Scandin/
Russia
18% UK/Ireland
Spain/Portugal
12% 23%
10

10. Well connected to the European hinterland
Trimodal port
All berths are fully trimodal:
barge/feeder, rail and truck

11. 200+ trains leave the port every day in all directions
Antwerp: directly linked to all major European motorways
Barge connections to Germany, Austria, France,…

12. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

13. Cranes
Floating crane ‘Brabo’
800 ton lifting capacity

14. Cranes
Tandem lift

15. Lifting gear Rolling Equipment
Spreader beams & frames Forklifts
Slings - chains Reach Stackers
- wire rope Flatbed trailer or MAFI’s
- synthetic
Hooks and shackles

16. Modern technology
Vacuum

17. Modern technology
Magnets

18. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

19. Handling & storage area
•5,6 millions m² covered
warehouses
•Covered (un)loading installations
for breakbulk, incl. overhead gantry
crane with 50 MT capacity
•Direct transshipment seagoing
vessel-barge possible
•Delivery on truck/rail under cover

20. Experience to handle oversized cargo

21. Experience to handle oversized cargo

22. Stuffing & stripping

23. Packaging
– Packaging of industrial loads in
accordance with international
maritime standards
– Special cargo protection:
vaportight, shock absorbing,
waterproof, imo, fumigation
– Consolidation and project
management, ...

24. Service centres
Decoiling Laser cutting

25. Direct transshipment

26. Lashing and securing

27. Antwerp, project cargo hub:
the survey…
1. Excellent connectivity
2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment
3. Advanced added value services
4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

28. Experienced stevedores and operators
Location of the breakbulkterminals

30. Safeguarding the future:
refurbishment of terminals

31. Experienced labour force

32. Safeguarding the future:
training & development
– continued investments in
human capital
 by using innovating handling
techniques
 training in handling the equipment
 safety training
zero damages = no costs Trainees
zero accidents = zero downtime
Efficiency = Productivity + Quality

33. Wind Logistics
Antwerp
… your port to the Wind Energy sector
Thank you for your attention
CONTACT DETAILS:
Antwerp Port Authority
Albert Pegg
Senior Advisor
albert.pegg@portofantwerp.be