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Just a few months after the Port Authority, the City of Antwerp, Antwerp University and IMEC signed an agreement to implement the Capital of Things, the first Smart Harbour projects have been set up. Smart port infrastructure will lead to more efficient and smoother shipping operations.

An Antwerp delegation led by Mayor Bart De Wever is on an urban mission in Russia from 23 to 28 April visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg aiming to consolidate and expand the close trade relations between Russia and Antwerp and its seaport. Russia has indeed been one of the most important trading partners for decades. The mission started today with an Antwerp business seminar in Moscow. More than 100 Russian companies attended this event. The seminar sets a strong focus on digital innovation, one of both partners’ particular growth clusters.

The Antwerp port community has just signed the "Action Plan for Container Barge Transport," shifting up a gear to cope with the growth of the port in a sustainable way.

Strong growth in containers puts operational capacity limit under pressure.

Fluxys has taken over the concession in the port of Antwerp at quay 526-528 to make liquefied natural gas (LNG) available as an alternative fuel for ships and barges, in one of the Port Authority's key initiatives to make the port's activities more sustainable. Fluxys will add a permanent LNG bunkering facility by the end of next year to complement the existing mobile (truck-to-ship) bunkering service.

Harbour of Things is taking shape in the port of Antwerp.

Both Antwerp Port Authority and its Port House headquarters received awards this month. Antwerp Port Authority was declared "Public Body of the Year," while Port House won the award for "Best Refurbished Building" at the renowned MIPIM Awards 2018 in Cannes.

“Ports all over the world are aiming for a future built around sustainable economic models,” declares Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of Antwerp Port Authority and also the host and keynote speaker at the event held under the auspices of the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP). “This transition process includes the elements that will help us to respond not only to the global but also the local challenges currently facing us, such as climate change, mobility, digitalisation, migration and societal integration,” he concludes.