Antwerp snaps up terminal stake
Antwerp Port Authority has taken a stake in the Beverdonk Container Terminal, the open access terminal along the bank of the Albert canal in Grobbendonk.
The move gives Antwerp the ability to offer a neutral platform on the Albert canal for port users and further emphasises the Port Authority’s hinterland policy aimed at, among other things, increasing the share of barge and rail transport in the modal split and giving the port greater clout in the logistics chain.
It is also in line with the port’s strategy of making maximum use of the Albert canal and optimising its connections with Limburg and Liège.
The Beverdonk Container Terminal will start with an annual capacity of 70,000 teu, which could eventually be expanded to 300,000 teu. The terminal will be operated as a consolidation point for freight being carried to or from the port of Antwerp by barge.
The terminal is expected to be operational by late 2011 or early 2012, and operated by DP World.
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