North Sea Port CEO Daan Schalck named 'Personality of the Year' by leading transport magazine
Daan Schalck, CEO of North Sea Port, has been named 'Personality of the Year' by the International Bulk Journal. He was presented with the award at the IBJ gala dinner in London for his role in establishing North Sea Port as a leading dry bulk port.
DSV further expands its health cluster in North Sea Port with new sustainable warehouse
DSV is starting the construction of a new 110,000 m² warehouse at Ghent's Kluizendok. The highlights: 350 additional jobs, a sustainable warehouse, just about the most attractive workplace in the Ghent logistics sector, perfect temperature control and automated solutions.
North Sea Port attracts new DHG logistics project to Vlissingen
Dutch property developer DHG has leased a 12-hectare site in Vlissingen. The group plans to build a high-quality distribution platform there with 70,000 m² of warehouses. In doing so, DHG is further embedding itself in North Sea Port and the logistics pillar which is strategic for the port.
Investment at juice producer AMC strengthens North Sea Port's role as European food port
With a massive investment in Vlissingen, AMC Natural Drinks Group has once again underlined the fact that North Sea Port is a hub of European stature for food products. The Spanish producer of fruit and vegetable juices has its largest packaging plant there and is now even more firmly anchored.
North Sea Port posts record year since merger five years ago
With 73.6 million tons of cargo transhipment from maritime shipping (+7%) and 64.5 million tons from inland shipping (+7%) in 2022, companies in North Sea Port experienced their best year since the merger in 2018. Dry bulk continues to increase. The US replaced Russia as the biggest trading partner.
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.
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).
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.
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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.