North Sea Port: what has five years of merger brought us?
North Sea Port has existed as a cross-border Dutch-Flemish merger port for five years. The ambition was to make progress and achieve results across the border in the port area, in order to further develop into a European port of excellence.
New Year's Message: CEO Daan Schalck looks back at North Sea Port in 2022 and ahead to what 2023 has in store (Onze Haven 2022)
In this episode of Onze Haven (Our Port), North Sea Port CEO Daan Schalck look back as well as forward. Here's to 2022, a year in which a war and an energy crisis followed the corona crisis, and to 2023, a year in which energy transition and security will be high on the agenda.
Swiss company Bertschi doubles size of multimodal terminal in North Sea Port and grows rail traffic
The Bertschi Group has virtually doubled the size of its terminal in Terneuzen. The expansion was needed to cope with increased demand for rail transport for chemical products to and from North Sea Port.
Rates and general terms and conditions for shipping 2023
The use of the port infrastructure in North Sea Port is subject to general terms and conditions and rates. In order to offer customers an optimum service, the same rates are charged in the entire cross-border port area of North Sea Port (i.e. in Vlissingen/Terneuzen and Ghent).
Watch Onze Haven (Our Port): tugboats help seagoing vessels safely in and out of the port
The boatmen on the quay, the pilots on the seagoing vessels and the crew on the tugs: nautical services provide support to the large ships that call at our port, 24/7. In this episode of Onze Haven we join a tugboat crew that stays on board for a week to assist seagoing vessels.
Fluxys, North Sea Port and ArcelorMittal receive EU funding for Ghent Carbon Hub: a CO2 terminal and CO2 pipeline network as an important step for a carbon-free Belgium
On 8 December 2022, the European Commission announced a grant to Fluxys Belgium, North Sea Port and ArcelorMittal Belgium of 9.6 million euros for research on a CO2 terminal in Ghent combined with a CO2 pipeline network to Wallonia.
ArcelorMittal inaugurates groundbreaking Steelanol CCU project in North Sea Port
On Thursday 8 December, ArcelorMittal Ghent inaugurated its new plant for trapping and using carbon from CO2. This €200 million installation is the first of its kind in the European steel industry and one of the projects aimed at reducing CO2 emissions in the Ghent plant and in North Sea Port.
North Sea Port works with companies, authorities and citizens to ensure safety in our port
Last year, nearly 130 million tons of goods passed through the port. How do we know exactly what goods are entering North Sea Port, and whether they meet regulations? You have to carry out checks.
Watch Onze Haven (Our Port): North Sea Port works jointly with companies for a secure port area
Port areas where large volumes of goods are handled each day are crucial to our daily lives and our economy. As this also makes them vulnerable, all the world's ports have strong security systems in place and everyone plays their part.
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23 EU ambassadors visit North Sea Port in Zeeland
At the invitation of the Embassy of Belgium in The Hague, 23 ambassadors from EU countries paid a visit to the Zeeland part of North Sea Port. The working visit on Wednesday 10 April was prompted by the Belgian presidency of the European Union.
Opinion article: German, Belgian and Dutch ports: Europe, join forces to preserve the industry
For years, the conversation between ports has been dominated by the question of who is the biggest. Nowadays, the CEOs of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, North Sea Port, Duisburger Hafen AG and Port of Rotterdam are talking about: “How can we unite to secure a sustainable future for industry in Europe”.
North Sea Port records decline in cargo throughput in first quarter of 2024
Seaborne cargo transhipment at North Sea Port fell by 3.2% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2023. The decrease was seen mainly in dry bulk throughput. Transhipment via inland waterways did experience growth.