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Two collaboration projects by Port of Antwerp won prizes at the first World Ports Sustainability Awards during the Guangzhou 2019 World Ports Conference in China. This international competition is organised by the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) which recognises sustainable port projects.

As a European hub for world trade Belgium aims to simplify the import and export of merchandise with the BE-GATE Customs platform. This digital portal aimed at the e-commerce market is designed to speed up Customs processing for cross-border supply chains and make it more efficient.

The Dutch tank storage company Standic, a member of the Hametha group, is to build a new chemicals terminal in Antwerp. The terminal will be located in the 5th Haven dock with an initial storage capacity of 96,000 m³, which can be expanded in future to 230,000 m³. It is due to enter operation in 2021.

Port of Antwerp is the engine of the Belgian economy, with container handling playing a vital role. Year after year the port has been setting new records for the volume of container freight, so that in this respect it is now the second-largest port in Europe. To cope with further growth until 2030 and also to attract international investment in the future, additional capacity of 7 million containers per year is required.

The BBC Amethyst is the first ship to have made the crossing from Antwerp to the Brazilian seaport of Porto do Açu. Brazil has the seventh-largest economy in the world and is a major trading partner for Port of Antwerp. The new connection will further strengthen trade relations between the two countries.

The port data platform NxtPort has teamed up with the Antwerp breakbulk community to develop a new app. Called Bulkchain, it simplifies administration and makes the supply chain simpler, faster and more efficient.

Antwerp Slitter, a company that processes steel coils in the port of Antwerp, now uses only barges for transport within the port. Other companies too are increasingly making use of barge for breakbulk transport. The modal shift that Port of Antwerp aims to achieve is in full swing!