PORT OF GHENT Christophe Peeters // Ghent Port Company // President Daan Schalck // Ghent Port Company // CEO
PORT OF GHENT Large enough to cope, small enough to care
600 HECTARES OF SPACE FOR INVESTMENTS
PORT OF GHENT: 2010, A RECORD YEAR One of the fastest growing ports in Western Europe 70,000 jobs Total cargo traffic: 2008, 2009, 2010
CENTRALLY LOC ATED MULTIMODAL SEAPORT Main roads: E17 – E40 Rail Seagoing navigation & Short sea shipping Inland navigation A new larger sealock A transhipment port: to Paris (Seine-Nord project)
ON THE LOGISTICAL HEART OF EUROPE Automotive, chemicals, steel, recycling and scrap, energy, bio fuels, food, wood and paper production European distribution centers
PORT OF GHENT One of the largest greenfield port sites in Europe Logistics Distribution Bio based economy Warehousing
PORT OF GHENT Large enough to cope, small enough to care… … for all your investments investments