PORT OF GHENT Christophe Peeters // Ghent Port Company // President Daan Schalck // Ghent Port...

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PORT OF GHENT Christophe Peeters // Ghent Port Company // President Daan Schalck // Ghent Port Company // CEO

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PORT

OF GHENT

Christophe Peeters // Ghent Port Company // President

Daan Schalck // Ghent Port Company // CEO

PORT OF GHENT

Large enough to cope, small enough to care

600 HECTARES OF SPACE FOR

INVESTMENTS

PORT OF GHENT:

2010, A RECORD YEAR

One of the fastest growing ports in Western Europe70,000 jobsTotal cargo traffic: 2008, 2009, 2010

CENTRALLY LOC ATED

MULTIMODAL SEAPORT

• Main roads: E17 – E40• Rail • Seagoing navigation & Short sea shipping• Inland navigation• A new larger sealock• A transhipment port: to Paris (Seine-Nord project)

ON THE LOGISTICAL HEART

OF EUROPEAutomotive, chemicals, steel, recycling and scrap, energy, bio fuels, food, wood and paper productionEuropean distribution centers

PORT OF GHENT

• One of the largest greenfield port sites in Europe

• Logistics• Distribution• Bio based economy• Warehousing

PORT OF GHENTLarge enough to cope, small enough to care…… for all your investments

www.portofghent.be/investments

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