{"id":1709,"date":"2022-03-22T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2022\/03\/22\/welcome-to-antwerp\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T07:39:00","slug":"welcome-to-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2022\/03\/22\/welcome-to-antwerp\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Antwerp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Michiel Vermeiren,<strong> <\/strong>Manager Maritime Business &amp; Market Intelligence at Antwerp Port Authority will welcome delegates to the Coastlink 2022 conference, hosted by the Port of Antwerp.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place on <strong>11 &amp; 12<sup>th<\/sup> May 2022<\/strong>, Coastlink will focus on Building Connectivity between short sea shipping and intermodal networks. Antwerp \u2013 Europe\u2019s second largest seaport \u2013 is an ideal location for Coastlink to showcase all the latest developments and trends in the short sea feeder services sector.<\/p>\n<p>Following a 10-year career within the Maersk Group, Michiel joined the Port of Antwerp in 2016. In 2018 he took up the position of Shipping Lines Manager, and in 2022 took on the responsibility for the Maritime Business &amp; Market Intelligence department.<\/p>\n<p>In this role he leads the commercial department focusing on the shipping lines, agents, bunker companies, and market intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Michiel at Coastlink are expert speakers from shipping lines, operators, ports and terminal operators, logistics companies, as well as shipping and port associations.<\/p>\n<p>For full details of what\u2019s on offer at Coastlink \u2013 see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/the-conference\/conference-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full programme of speakers<\/a> which highlights the topics being covered, and the networking opportunities available to delegates.<\/p>\n<p>Coastlink\u2019s complete delegate package includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference attendance on both days<\/li>\n<li>Place at the Conference Dinner on the evening of Day 1 \u2013 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 2022<\/li>\n<li>Place on the Technical Visit at the Port of Antwerp in the afternoon of Day 2 \u2013 12<sup>th<\/sup> May 2022<\/li>\n<li>Conference Handbook &amp; full documentation in electronic format<\/li>\n<li>Lunch and refreshments on both days<\/li>\n<li>Networking Opportunities throughout the event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Limited spaces remain so don\u2019t miss the opportunity to participate at this popular event \u2013 book your delegate place now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/buy\/2022-delegate-bookings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a> or contact Joanna Miller on +44 (0) 1329 825335 or email <a href=\"mailto:info@coastlink.co.uk\">info@coastlink.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michiel Vermeiren,\u00a0Manager Maritime Business &amp; Market Intelligence at the Port of Antwerp to open Coastlink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-coastlink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}