Antwerp Port Authority has signed a “Vision Note” with the province of Limburg and other logistics partners, concerning the setting up of the “Extended Gateway Antwerp-Limburg. The agreement lays the basis for collaboration in which Antwerp’s seaport policy will be coupled to the logistics hinterland policy of the province. The action programme includes initiatives such as eliminating infrastructure bottlenecks, in particular by improving multimodal access and upgrading links between port and logistics clusters; developing a land use economic master plan for the province’s logistics sector, so space can be earmarked for setting up logistics companies; and further developing a logistics training and labour market policy.<\/p>\n
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Shell is planning to invest over \u00a21bn ($1.6bn) in modernising its refinery at Pernis, Rotterdam, to increase its petrol production capacity. Investment is also likely at two other refineries in the port – and there are plans to build five to seven biofuel plants in the port. A number of new chemical plants are also planned, together with large-scale de-bottlenecking projects.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Euromax ready for business<\/b><\/p>\n
The first phase of Rotterdam’s new Euromax Container Terminal (ECT), providing 600 metres of quay, four large quayside cranes and two smaller cranes for inland\/coastal shipping, is due to become operational on 1 July. It will start by handling one weekly service operated by the CKHY alliance – Cosco, K-Line, Hanjin and Yang Ming – which has formed the Euromax joint venture with ECT. An official opening is planned for September and the terminal will start to operate commercially on 1 January 2009. ECT will commission the first phase of the Delta Barge Feeder Terminal this summer. The new facility will have 400 metres of quayside and three cranes, able to handle around 300,000 containers a year. ECT has also announced plans to expand its terminal in Willebroek, Belgium, from 6.5 hectares to 10 hectares. The terminal, on the Scheldt-Brussels canal, has a daily inland shipping link with Rotterdam. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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