The port of Antwerp creates work directly for more than 62,000 people, ranging from harbourmasters to forwarders and dockers. All these employees help to keep the port functioning efficiently and maintain its reputation as one of the most productive ports in the world.

There are specific training courses for all these jobs. Below you will find a list of some of them:

OCHA: training centre for dockers

OCHA operates as a reception centre, but mainly offers specialist training for people to become dockers. It also provides ongoing training for people already employed as dockers, to ensure that the most recent legislation is known and applied by everyone. The centre has a permanent staff of instructors who give practical training. All of them are former dockers who have built up a huge fund of professional knowledge of hands-on experience, which they pass on to trainees. Engineers from the Health & Safety department also act as instructors. OCHA offers four types of course: basic training, specialist courses, courses aimed at a particular industry and courses for particular companies.

More info: www.cepa.be

This training organisation organises short, practice-oriented, interactive seminars for people from other ports, enabling them to acquire the Antwerp know-how in modern port operations. One of the main features is collaboration between public and private port authorities. APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center is affiliated with Antwerp Port Authority, and receives support from the Flemish Government and from Alfaport, in collaboration with the Province of Antwerp and Belgian Technical Cooperation.

APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center
Paul Verkoyen, Afgevaardigd bestuurder
Italiëlei 2, 2000 Antwerpen
Tel: +32-3-205.23.22
Fax: +32-3-205.23.27
apec@haven.antwerpen.be
www.portofantwerp.be/apec

Portilog (formerly BIHB)

Portilog offers practice-oriented courses for the shipping and logistics industries, including job training and language courses. It collaborates with industry associations and educational institutes, enabling it to offer high quality training at affordable prices. Portilog is recognised by the government as a training organisation, so that employers can come to it with an entrepreneurial portfolio, while employees can come to it with training vouchers.

More info: www.portilog.be

Transport and International Logistics

On this website you will find a list of the main types of job to be found in the transport industry. If you would like to know more about a particular job, or if you would like to find out about training for the job concerned, then select one of your future colleagues shown here. They will show you around the fascinating world of “Transport” and “Organisation of International Logistics.”

More info: www.letsgo.be

Antwerp Maritime Academy

Antwerp Maritime Academy is the only higher education establishment in Belgium offering courses in Nautical Science and Marine Engineering. The instruction is given in Dutch and in French. The Nautical Science course leads to a career at sea as a merchant vessel officer, with the opportunity to obtain a master’s ticket for ocean-going vessels and later to hold a shipping-related business position on shore. The Marine Engineering course leads to a career at sea as chief engineer, and later to a shipping-related engineering position on shore.

More info: www.hzs.be

University of Antwerp – Department of Transport and Regional Economics

Among the vary wide range of courses at the University of Antwerp, the Department of Transport and Regional Economics offers specialist courses in Maritime Sciences, Sea and Transport Law, and Transport and Logistics.

www.ua.ac.be/tpr

European Institute for Maritime & Transport Law

The European Institute for Maritime & Transport Law is an inter-faculty institute of the University of Antwerp. It shares information by means of postgraduate courses, conferences and seminars. It also promotes research in the fields of maritime law, transport insurance law and transport law.

Europees Instituut voor Zee- en Vervoerrecht p/a

Emiel Banningstraat 21-23 B-2000 Antwerp

tel. +32-(0)3-238.67.14 eric.vanhooydonk@ua.ac.be

www.eimtl.eu  

Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA)

The Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA) is part of the University of Antwerp. As such it is one of the few university bodies in the world to offer specialised academic and practical training for maritime management, with the emphasis on strategic policy and planning.

www.ua.ac.be/itmma