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Investment Guide Investment guide The port of Antwerp, an international integrated platform ith this investment guide we seek to support you W in your decision-making process to realize an investment project in the heart of Europe. The Port of Antwerp is a crucial link in a supply chain that connects you to the inner European market and the rest of the world. With an annual volume of more than 200 million tons of maritime freight handled, the extensive storage capacity and the presence of the largest petrochemical cluster in Europe, the Port of Antwerp NADA CA Antwerp is the largest maritime, logistics and ND A A industrial cluster in Europe. US CA RI MEDITE E RR M A A N N E Good nautical access, a dense TI AN LA M of hinterland connections I network D D L E CONNECTING and its geographical location are just E A S T the top three in the list of advantages. / IS C In addition, the Port of Antwerp offers YOUR an attractive investment climate in INVESTMENT IA an innovative environment, with A S USTRALIA/ A a wide range of support, excellent A TO THE WORLD quality of life for expats and a can-do FRICA mentality that pervades the entire port community. N REGIO PACIFIC 2 Investment guide Investment guide 3 oslo Stockholm t ANTWERP Denmark Copenhagen IN WESTERN EUROPE IE NL Dublin Berlin Berlin Amsterdam Great Britain London Antwerp PL Germany Brussels BE Prague Luxembourg CZ 250 km Paris Wien NADA Bern Austria CA Antwerp ND 500 km A A Switzerland Ljubjana US France Zagreb CA RI MEDITE SL E RR HR M A A N N E TI AN LA 750 km BA M ID D L E CONNECTING Italy E A S T / IS Rome C Spain YOUR Madrid INVESTMENT IA A S PT USTRALIA/ A NL Lisbon A TO THE WORLD FRICA Antwerp t ANTWERP IN BELGIUM 45 km Flanders DE N Brussels REGIO PACIFIC BELGIUM Wallonia FR LUX 4 Investment guide 5 Investment guide Investment guide 1 Your choice to invest in the port of Antwerp is We offer you a cluster with room to invest in a future the right one for many reasons. You are in the oriented world port where sustainability and innovation industrial and logistics heart of Europe; you will find are key. The Churchill industrial Zone in our economic excellent connections to all parts of the world and and maritime hotspot is not only a unique investment be supported by an entrepreneurial and historical opportunity but a common challenge to create an culture. And finally, here you will meet partners and innovative future oriented industrial project, with great find new opportunities to realize your goals. added value for port and region, reinforcing the cluster. Bart De Wever We look forward to work together with partners who share Mayor of Antwerp the same values and our vision for the future. Jacques Vandermeiren Marc Van Peel CEO Antwerp Port Authority Chairman Antwerp Port Authority, Deputy Mayor of Antwerp If you are looking for a strategic location for a new business venture, in whatever shape or form, Flanders — the northern region of Belgium — offers you a unique blend of advantages. Thousand of foreign companies are already taking advantage of these assets. Flanders is home to over 700 European Distribution Centers (EDC), the highest EDC density in Europe. It is a paradise for any logistics operation. Claire Tillekaerts CEO Flanders Investment & Trade 3 10 good reasons to invest in the port of Antwerp 5 solid facts: 5 supporting arguments: 1 2 3 1 2 3 Crucial link Opportunities Good climate Qualified One-stop- Innovation in your A world-class to invest and flexible shop support and R&D multifunctional port supply chain Site area availability workforce Dedicated teams Multiple centers of Customer-oriented approach excellence – Strategic A reliable partner Investment and permit Highly qualified and Flanders Investment & Trade Research Centers Realising synergies climate productive workforce Gateway to Europe and to Federations Belgian Industrial Research the world P 11 Stimulating incentives Top ranking universities and Development (BiR&D) Antwerp Port Authority from In the centre of the EU Supplementary subsidies Specialist platforms landlord to facilitator Flanders Innovation Hub for Sustainable Chemistry Fast connectivity Belgium as test market P P 20 22 (FISCH) P 7 P 15 P 24 4 5 4 5 Wide range Financial and Next-door Excellent of technical legal support decision quality of life support just around makers for expats In Brussels you can contact Excellent housing & leisure Diverse storage facilities the corner the world facilities Simple procedures to set up Value Added Logistics a business Pragmatic approach for Multicultural environment & Chain of technical and decision-making international schools innovative services A virtual free trade zone P 26 At the crossroad of history International goods SHE and product compliance and new trends partners assurance and banking P 28 P Circular economy 19 P 17 4 Investment guide Investment guide 5 1 Crucial link in your supply chain Gateway to Europe and to the world In the centre of European industry and consumption European Customs Union: 28 member states with free movement of goods, people and capital Investments in your future needs FINLAND NORWAY SWEDEN ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA DENMARK LITHUANIA UNITED KINGDOM RUSSIA IRELAND BELARUS NETHERLANDS GERMANY POLAND Antwerp BELGIUM CZECH REPUBLIC LUX. UKRAINE 250 km " Member states of the SLOVAKIA European Union (EU) which LICHTENSTEIN AUSTRIA MOLDOVA 500 km HUNGARY form a single customs area SWITZERLAND SLOVENIA ROMANIA 750 km CROATIA FRANCE 1000 km BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA SERBIA ITALY MONTENEGRO BULGARIA KOSOVO ANDORRA MACEDONIA PORTUGAL ALBANIA GREECE SPAIN TURKEY MALTA CYPRUS We chose to set up in Belgium because we did not want to be seen “ as British, German or French… we wanted to be pan-European.” Ferdinando BECCALLI, President and CEO General Electric International Investment guide 7 Investments to keep up 1 Third Scheldt crossing 2 Development of additional 5 Kieldrecht lock A reliable partner THE PORT OF ANTWERP, AS THE HUB OF with your future needs contributing to an optimal space for logistics activities The second lock on the Left bank, To stand out from the competition THE EUROPEAN RAIL NETWORK FINLAND Public authorities continually accessibility of the port and the (Schijns and Waasland logistics inaugurated in 2016, offers a on the world market, companies invest in optimising mobility in Antwerp region by road transport parks). smooth access for seagoing call upon the best possible chain to get their cargo at its final and around the port and in an (planned). vessels and barges to the Left optimal infrastructure, while destination. The port of Antwerp is SWEDEN 3 Future second rail access bank. ESTONIA private investments result in a crucial link in this chain offering (dedicated for freight) state-of-the-art equipment and 6 reliability, flexibility, productivity, LATVIA will expand the port's rail Liefkenshoek rail link sustainability and innovation. DENMARK warehousing. LITHUANIA capacity. The Liefkenshoek rail tunnel UNITED provides a quick crossing Widely connected to KINGDOM 4 Heightening bridges over between the Left and Right banks overseas destinations IRELAND NETHERLANDS GERMANY Moscow of the Scheldt and connects the Antwerp is the leading European Schwarzheide Kutno the Albert Canal Antwerp Duisburg port area on the Left bank to the port for regular breakbulk sailings Zeebruges Leipzig Wroclaw POLAND Heightening bridges over the Neuss Katowice to all areas, and for container Courtray BELGIUM Frankfurt Lovosice Albert Canal allows 4-layer eastern hinterland. Athus Paris LUX. CZECH REPUBLIC services to the Americas, Africa, Mannheim container barge transport to Linz Vienna SLOVAKIA the Near and Middle East and Strasbourg Bratislava the port. MunichAUSTRIA Budapest the Indian Subcontinent. For Basel HUNGARY ROMANIA FRANCE VeronaSLOVENIA Milan Curtici closer destinations, Antwerp offers Lyon Zagreb ITALY Bucharest numerous shortsea and feeder CROATIA Genoa Bologna services. The port of Antwerp offers BULGARIA Marseille Rome Varna direct connections to more than Soa SPAIN Barcelona 1300 ports worldwide. PORTUGAL Madrid GREECE In the centre of Europe Athens Located 80 km inland in Europe, Antwerp offers the fastest, cheapest, MALTA and most sustainable connections CYPRUS with the European hinterland. 60% of European purchasing and produc- tion power lies within a radius of THE PORT OF ANTWERP IN THE HEART OF THE EUROPEAN 500 km, resulting in unrivalled mar- INLAND WATERWAY NETWORK ket coverage. It allows the combina- tion of in- and outgoing freights. If you opt for Antwerp, you will find Scheldt yourself in the gateway to Europe NETHERLANDS Bremerhaven and be connected to the world. Amsterdam Albert canal EU, a single customs union Netherlands All goods go through import/export Rotterdam 6 to 18 hours procedures only once after which they are free to move anywhere in Lower Rhine region Zeebruges Antwerp Duisburg EU. The European Customs Union is 18 to 24 hours a unified market: the market condi- Belgium Düsseldorf GERMANY tions in all 28 member states are 4 to 18 hours Cologne equal with free movement of goods, Lille Brussels BELGIUM Bonn people and capital throughout Dourges Liège Koblenz Valenciennes the EU. Frankfurt Mainz Northern France Fast connectivity 24 to 36 hours LUX. Regular rail and barge services, Mannheim Ludwigshafen a large network of international Thionville FRANCE Middle Rhine region highways and major pipelines Paris Metz 24 to 72 hours offer a direct access to the main production and consumption Strasbourg centres in Europe. Nancy Mulhouse Ottmarsheim Basel SWITZERLAND Upper Rhine region 4 7 72 to 96 hours 8 Investment guide Investment guide 9 2 Opportunities A world-class, multifunctional port and unique maritime, value added logistical and industrial platform Customer oriented approach Realising synergies MSC has been active in Antwerp for 40 years.
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