offshore wind infrastructure application lab - launch 2012-01-24 - haven van antwerpen

OWI Application LabLaunch-event

Antwerp, 24/01/2012

Marc Van Peel

Alderman for port and personnel, City of Antwerp & chairman of the board, Antwerp Port Authority

OWI Application LabLaunch-event

Antwerp, 24/01/2012

Albert Pegg

Senior Advisor – Marketing, Promotion & Commercial RelationsAntwerp Port Authority

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Maritime cargo transport 2011: 187 million tonnes

Breakbulk :European market shares excl. rolling stock 2010 (except for Bremen* & Hamburg* incl. rolling stock)

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Amsterdam

Antwerp

Bremen*

Dunkirk

Ghent

Hamburg*

Rotterdam

Zeebrugge

Zeeland Seaports

Antwerp: Europe’s n 1 breakbulk port

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Project cargoFruit

Project cargo

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Forest products 1st

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1st

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.

1. Excellent connectivity

Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…

2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment

4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

3. Advanced added value services

1. Excellent connectivity

Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…

2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment

4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

3. Advanced added value services

– Direct services to over 500 ports– 300 of which are called at weekly– The Antwerp arrival and departure

list: www.portofantwerp.com

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Maritime connections

Shortsea regional container traffic

18%

12% 23%

47%North SeaAtlanticBaltic/Scandin/RussiaUK/Ireland

Spain/Portugal

Well connected to the European hinterland

All berths are fully trimodal: barge/feeder, rail and truck

Trimodal port

200+ trains leave the port every day in all directions

Antwerp: directly linked to all major European motorways

Barge connections to Germany, Austria, France,…

1. Excellent connectivity

Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…

2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment

4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

3. Advanced added value services

Cranes

Floating crane ‘Brabo’

800 ton lifting capacity

Cranes

Tandem lift

Rolling EquipmentForkliftsReach StackersFlatbed trailer or MAFI’s

Lifting gearSpreader beams & framesSlings - chains

- wire rope- synthetic

Hooks and shackles

Modern technology

Vacuum

Modern technology

Magnets

1. Excellent connectivity

Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…

2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment

4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

3. Advanced added value services

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

Experience to handle oversized cargo

Experience to handle oversized cargo

Stuffing & stripping

– Packaging of industrial loads in accordance with international maritime standards

– Special cargo protection: vaportight, shock absorbing, waterproof, imo, fumigation

– Consolidation and project management, ...

Packaging

Service centres

Decoiling Laser cutting

Direct transshipment

Lashing and securing

1. Excellent connectivity

Antwerp, project cargo hub: the survey…

2. State of the art infrastructure & equipment

4. Sustainable port with highly skilled labour force

3. Advanced added value services

Experienced stevedores and operators

Location of the breakbulkterminals

Safeguarding the future:refurbishment of terminals

Experienced labour force

Safeguarding the future:training & development

– continued investments in human capital

by using innovating handling techniques

training in handling the equipment safety training

Trainees

Efficiency = Productivity + Quality

zero damages = no costszero accidents = zero downtime

Wind Logistics

Antwerp… your port to the Wind Energy sector

Thank you for your attention

CONTACT DETAILS:Antwerp Port Authority

Albert PeggSenior Advisor

albert.pegg@portofantwerp.be