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Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner

Global supply chains 1 2 3 Faster Smoother , connections customs Clearer  Widely connected to overseas  Antwerp, European processes destinations external border AN INTEGRATED  Transparent logistics chains  Antwerp in the top league of  Authorised Economic container ports Operators P 9 SUPPLY CHAIN OFFER  Central, inland location  Paperless procedures in P 8  Smooth port transit o stand out from With an annual volume  Flexible transport solutions the competition on of more than 208 million for the European hinterland Tthe world market, tonnes of maritime freight P 4 7 out of 10 European companies must be able handled, the presence of shippers and receivers: to call on the best possible the largest petrochemical

supply chain to get cluster in Europe and A The Port of RIC Antwerp ME to its final destination. extensive storage capacity, L A RA Antwerp has NT E EAR EAST Reliability, quality, the is D C N AN contributed NORTH sustainability, flexibility, the largest integrated A IC M R I positively to E D total cost and lead time maritime, logistics and M D A L E H T E realising our are key performance U A industrial platform S O T S / IS supply indicators (KPI) for supply in Europe. C

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Antwerp is a crucial link, F Satisfaction and loyalty survey amongst AR offering high-performance EAST European shippers by Ipsos, 2014 solutions to realise client A FRICA supply chain KPIs. 5

PA CIF IC R 4 EGION Greener value Breakbulk Key figures 2015 14.7 million chains Dry bulk Smarter 13.8 million  Leading sustainable port 208 million tonnes logistics Maritime freight volume Containers  Public and private efforts 113.2 million  Cargo-generating port  Worldwide renowned labour  Safe, fast, high-quality cargo Liquid bulk handling  Measures to improve 66.7 million environmental quality  Integrated logistics service offer  Investments to keep up with future supply chain  Can do mentality demands P 10 P 12

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Vlissingen Antwerp Europe Faster Düsseldorf Zeebruges Europe connections Europe FINLAND GERMANY Aachen Widely connected to Antwerp in the top league NORAY With over 220 Liege overseas destinations of container ports SEDEN regular maritime Antwerp is the leading European The new container shipping ESTONIA port for regular breakbulk sailings alliances have added several calls at FRANCE breakbulk liner RUSSIA to all areas, and for container Antwerp. The reasons are the port's LATVIA services, we can services to the Americas, Africa, optimal nautical accessibility, the DENMARK reach the whole the Near and Middle East and the presence of cargo-generating LITHUANIA Indian Subcontinent. For closer industry and excellent connectivity world from RUSSIA destinations, Antwerp offers with European economic centres. The inland location UNITED KINGDOM numerous shortsea and feeder Antwerp BELARUS services. Details of the maritime services is an important IRELAND William Moyersoen at www.portofantwerp.com/en/ plus. Seagoing NETHERLANDS GERMANY POLAND CEO connectivity Antwerp Arcelor Mittal ships can deliver Logistics BELGIUM their cargo close to CECH REPUBLIC LU. UKRAINE the west-European km SLOVAKIA consumer LICHTENSTEIN AUSTRIA MOLDOVA km SITERLAND Ivan De Donder SLOVENIA ROMANIA Plant Manager km CROATIA Direct services to 1300 ports worldwide FRANCE Lumipaper km BOSNIA AND HEREGOINA SERBIA ITALY MONTENEGRO BULGARIA KOSOVO ANDORRA MACEDONIA PORTUGAL SAVE ALBANIA ON COST, GREECE TIME TURKEY 559 AND CARBON ICA MER FOOTPRINT L A MALTA RA Antwerp NT CYPRUS E A AR E D C IC NE A NORTH AN ER S T 98 M M 157 A ID H T D 190 Central, inland location Smooth port transit Flexible transport U L E O S E C The Port of Antwerp is located Efficient import and export solutions for the 53 A IS S T / inland at the heart of the European customs procedures complement European hinterland FA R manufacturing and consumer base. efforts to guarantee smooth The Port of Antwerp continues EAST A 60% of European production , rail and truck traffic to to create the right conditions for F R 96 ICA and purchasing power lies and through the port. Combined efficient barge, rail and truck 116 within a radius of 500 km of with its inland, central location transport to, from and in the port. 25 Antwerp. in Europe, the Port of Antwerp Measures include investment can ensure the lowest cost, in port infrastructure, process N REGIO PACIFIC fastest transit times and lowest improvements and a wide range CO2 footprint to and from many of regular services. strategic centres in Europe. " Ports with direct services

4 Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner Port of Antwerp 5 Port of Antwerp Connectivity Platform, Port of Antwerp Intermodal Solutions Rail and barge already account 915 barge calls per week Reaches 60% of Europe's your online route planner at your service Port of Antwerp Intermodal for 47% of all freight transport 85 barge operators purchasing power within (excluding movement by pipeline), Solutions cooperates closely 500 km from Antwerp with terminals, intermodal The Port of Antwerp is, through its and the aim is to increase this to operators (rail and barge central location in the - The Port offers direct access to a container transport) and 60% by 2030. Maas- delta, linked to the dense international network of mo- cargo owners to facilitate pan-European inland waterway torways to France, the Netherlands, new intermodal services network. Germany and beyond. or increase the frequency of existing services with regions that have few or no connections with A reliable supply chain Antwerp. The independent thanks to a modal shift service desk uses the Port of Antwerp Connectivity 1,000 km intraport pipelines to barge transport to, 250 loaded cargo trains daily Platform and other means intraport product pipelines among others, the Port 15 rail operators/forwarders 48 to promote these intermodal services. of Antwerp Major pipelines guarantee the safe The Port of Antwerp, where every For questions and proposals and reliable transport of petro- Ramon Kazikan terminal has rail access, lies at on new intermodal services chemicals from Antwerp, the hub Logistics Manager the junction of Europe’s three and/or greater frequencies of the European pipeline network, United Dutch Breweries main rail corridors. on existing services, please to other industrial centres in the contact intermodalsolutions@ Plan your route via the Port of Antwerp Connectivity Platform Netherlands, France and Germany. portofantwerp.com at www.portofantwerp.com/en/connectivity

This unique platform features three functionalities The platform offers a services offered there and the It shows all available Smart and efficient Antwerp in the heart The Port of Antwerp as transparent overview of contact details of the terminal services at the container inland navigation of the European inland the hub of the European 1 2 all intermodal services (rail and transport operators. terminals in the port. Several innovative projects, waterway network Bremerhaven rail network NETHERLANDS and barge container shuttles) In addition, you can identify realised through close between the Port of Antwerp the network of empty depots Last but not least, you’ll collaboration between and destinations in mainland per carrier and per destination FINLAND find an overview of all companies in the port and Netherlands Europe. Type your destination in Europe. This enables you to 3 to hours maritime services between the Port Authority, have Rotterdam in Europe and discover the re-use empty containers, helping Antwerp and the overseas reduced the lead times of best barge and/or rail services you to increase your supply SEDEN destination of your choice. containers transported by Lower Rhine region ESTONIA to reach the inland terminal chain efficiency and cut CO2 Zeebruges Antwerp Duisburg barge in the Port of Antwerp. to hours closest to your destination, the emissions. Belgium Düsseldorf LATVIA Nautical coordination to hours GERMANY DENMARK LITHUANIA projects have accelerated Brussels UNITED the transit and enhanced the BELGIUM Bonn KINGDOM Dourges Liège Koblenz safety of goods transported Valenciennes IRELAND NETHERLANDS GERMANY by barge. Other initiatives Schwarzheide Kutno Mainz Antwerp Duisburg have boosted the efficiency Northern France Wroclaw LU. Zeebruges Leipzig POLAND to hours Neuss Katowice and effectiveness of Mannheim Courtray BELGIUM Frankfurt Lovosice Athus container handling at LU. CECH REPUBLIC Mannheim 280 carriers 200 container terminals Thionville Middle Rhine region Vienna SLOVAKIA the terminals, and the FRANCE Strasbourg Bratislava Paris Metz to hours AUSTRIA distribution of containers Basel HUNGARY ROMANIA FRANCE VeronaSLOVENIA at the port. Curtici Lyon Zagreb Strasbourg ITALY Bucharest Nancy CROATIA More info at BULGARIA www.portofantwerp.com/ Varna So a en/instream SPAIN Ottmarsheim PORTUGAL 72 rail and barge 15 European countries Basel GREECE SITERLAND operators (containers) Upper Rhine region to hours MALTA CYPRUS

6 Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner Port of Antwerp 7 Do you want to 2 3 import goods into the EU which do not yet have a final customs destination? Smoother customs Clearer processes The Port of Antwerp has the largest concentration Antwerp, European Paperless procedures Transparent The Port Community System of bonded warehouses in external border The electronic data exchange logistics chains brings together electronic solutions Europe, allowing customs Meaning that all customs with customs administrations The Port Community for transport bookings, cargo status duties and tax deferral. formalities can be done in Antwerp can be started two to three System of the Port of Antwerp information, customs formalities, Thanks to our bonded for destinations in any of the days before the vessel’s arrival at centralises all electronic systems hazardous cargo and nautical warehousing system you 28 member states of the European the port. This, in combination for the exchange of data between services. can store the goods for an Customs Union. The same customs with the paperless export and companies in and around the unlimited period; and you regulations, customs duties, transit procedures for containers port, and between these players This multi-user platform facilitates don’t have to pay VAT and rules of origin, quotas, etc. apply and roro, and 24/7 customs and the various authorities via transparent business processes customs dues until the throughout this area. supervision in the port helps a single sign-on. and manageable logistics chains. goods have been delivered to smooth your cargo’s transit to your customer in the EU. Authorised Economic via the Port of Antwerp. More information at In the meantime you are Operators (AEO) www.portofantwerp.com allowed to provide value- Most service providers in the port added services, processing have the Authorised Economic the goods according to your Operator (AEO) certificate, which customer’s requirements translates into fewer inspections, or you can use the bonded simpler customs procedures and warehouses as global fewer warranties. distribution centers.

Do foreign companies need to have a Belgian VAT number to import goods via the Port of Antwerp? We were looking No, Antwerp port logistics for smart, service providers act as fiscal representatives, fast customs which means that they procedures. have a global VAT number enabling them to complete We found them all customs formalities for in Antwerp companies that are not Giangaetano Cappuccilli registered in Belgium. All Customs Operations Manager advantages, such as deferral Western Europe of VAT at import, apply FIAT Group here as well. They know customs procedures well and can assist you for all Antwerp customs-related questions or difficulties.

Are you deterred by the high deposit that has to be paid on excise goods? No need: there is a cap on the excise deposit payable on " goods imported into the EU. The entire Customs territory of the can be served via the Port of Antwerp

8 Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner Port of Antwerp 9 The Port of Antwerp 16 TERMINALS 5 DEEPSEA TERMINALS 15 TERMINALS 12 TERMINALS as the ideal LIQUID BULK CONTAINER BREAKBULK DRY BULK distribution hub for Europe and beyond The Port of Antwerp combines a large offer of tailor-made logistics services with a strategic location, excellent connectivity and many ways to avoid direct import duties and taxes. Indeed, most of the storage facilities are bonded, meaning the Port of Antwerp is a virtual free 7.2 MILLION M³ 6.1 MILLION M² 680,000 M³ trade zone. TANK STORAGE CAPACITY COVERED STORAGE SPACE SILO STORAGE CAPACITY

4 +1000 Distribution centres in Smarter logistics the port Cargo generating port Safe, fast, high-quality Integrated logistics Can do mentality Belgian logistics service The Port of Antwerp’s maritime, cargo handling service offer With their ‘get things done’ logistical and industrial activities The Port of Antwerp has more Most of the logistics service mentality, the Antwerp logistics providers are amongst the are strongly linked and storage space than any other providers in the Port of Antwerp service providers always respond most productive in the complement each other. Antwerp European port. In combination operate as a one-stop-shop, swiftly and flexibly to customer is home to the largest integrated with its state-of-the-art offering complete solutions demands and any unexpected world, ahead of the Dutch, +900 petrochemical cluster in Europe, infrastructure and equipment and including freight forwarding, events. German and French and the most diverse in the world. great expertise of its personnel, it storage, value-added logistics (VAL), Logistics Amcham, The Conference Board Total service This creates strong demand for can handle any cargo efficiently customs administration, fiscal freight transport. and safely, including hazardous representation and distribution Database™, providers and refrigerated cargo. services. Summary Statistics 1996 – 2013

Read more about our logistics offer for all cargo flows at www.portofantwerp.com/ en/smarter-supplychain

Logistics Blending Fumigation and mixing Bulking

Return Palletizing Quality Steel service centres Cargo handling Order logistics Cleaning picking controls Assembling Industry Labelling Packaging Repair Vehicle Customizing processing centres

10 Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner Port of Antwerp 11 Total emissions of NOx, SO2 and particulates in the Port of Antwerp

36000 2400 5 30000 2000 Greener value chains 24000 1600

Leading sustainable port Private and public efforts Sustainability: a trendy term too In a close cooperation between 18000 often used by many and too little private companies and the port 1200 practised by all. However, at the authority, targets for corporate

Port of Antwerp we prove year social responsibility are set every Emissions PM10 (tonnes/year) after year that economic, social year. The results are reflected in Emissions NOx and SO2 (tonnes/year) 12000 800 and ecological interests go hand the two-yearly award-winning in hand. Sustainability Report, and best practices are shared among the 6000 400 port community.

More information at www.portofantwerp.com/en/ 0 0 sustainability 2000 2005 2010 2013

— NOx — SO2 — PM10 (particulates) Source: Environment Agency, 2015

Close to 150,000 fulltime equivalent persons Total emissions of NOx, SO2 and particulates in the Port of have a job thanks to the Port of Antwerp Antwerp have strongly decreased between 2000 and 2013

Worldwide Matching the local universities’ Measures to improve Large-scale investments renowned labour and maritime institutes’ environmental quality Investments contributing to a Antwerp’s port labour is renowned educational offer with the The Port of Antwerp takes several cleaner environment involve: worldwide for its high quality, maritime and logistics professions measures to improve the air, soil  renewable energy (solar, productivity and safety standards, better prepares students for port- and water quality, including: biogas, biomass, largest Belgian due to continuous employee related jobs.  Rewarding of clean ships windmill park) education and Ttraining, combined T(Environmental Ship Index)  more energy efficient with a hands-on mentality. Port of Antwerp International, a  Efficient waste management production processes consultancy company, and APEC-  Providing shore power and and warehouses Antwerp/Flanders Port Training liquefied natural gas (LNG) Center, are two Port of Antwerp bunkering facilities Ecological and subsidiaries that share the Antwerp economical balance maritime and logistics expertise The Port of Antwerp, in close worldwide. cooperation with a non- governmental organisation (NGO), strives to set aside up to 650 ha of the port area as ecological infrastructure to safeguard more than 90 protected species.

12 Antwerp, your reliable supply chain partner Port of Antwerp 13 € 10,000,000,000 Public sector investment in T and around Antwerp  The Port of Antwerp Investments to keep up with future supply chain generates a total demands added value of Public authorities continually invest in optimising mobility in € 19 billion, which and around the port and in an corresponds to nearly optimal infrastructure, while private investments result in 6 Liefkenshoek rail link 5% of the Belgian GDP state-of-the-art equipment and The Liefkenshoek rail provides a quick warehousing. National Bank of crossing between the Left and Right banks of Belgium, 2016 the Scheldt and connects the port area on the Left bank to the eastern hinterland.

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7 Heightening bridges over the Heightening bridges over the Albert Canal allows 4-layer container barge transport to the port.

1 Third Scheldt crossing contributing to an 4 Development Area optimal accessibility of the port and the A major future public investment is the 5 Kieldrecht Antwerp region by road transport (planned) expansion of the port area with space for The second lock on the Left bank, inaugurated 2 Development of additional space for industrial, logistics and maritime activities, in June 2016, offers a smooth access for logistics activities (Schijns and the Saeftinghe Development Area (1000 ha). seagoing vessels and to the Left bank. logistics parks) 3 Future second rail access (dedicated for freight) will expand the port's rail capacity

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Largest integrated 1 The 5 dedicated deepsea maritime, logistics & container terminals offer more than 16.7 million TEU container handling industrial platform capacity and a productivity of up to 40 movements per hour. 1 Ultra large container vessels 2 The Port offers a throughput call at the Port of Antwerp regularly capacity of over 2 million vehicles (MSC Zoe, 19,270 TEU). per year. 2 Capesize vessels access the 3 The Port of Antwerp has some Port situated deep inland with ease of the world's most sophisticated (Bao Guo, 163,106 tonnes of coal). handling systems for dry bulk. 3 The Port of Antwerp is home to 4 Antwerp is the European project the largest (petro) chemical cluster cargo hub par excellence due to in Europe. its location, excellent infrastructure and skilled port labour.

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ANTWERP PORT AUTHORITY Zaha Hadidplein 1, 2030 Antwerp Belgium

Commercial department · CARGO HANDLING AND LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS T +32 3 229.64.65 E [email protected]

Port representatives · BRAZIL 1 2 3 Ricardo Sproesser E [email protected] 4 Henrique Machado Rabelo E [email protected] 5 6 · CHINA Jan Van der Borght E [email protected] Large variety of storage Stephen Yen and value added E [email protected] logistics services · FRANCE 1 Marc Delbeke To ship in bulk and then repack E [email protected] close to your customer’s market is a cost-effective method to ensure · GERMANY customers receive the products in Dr. Dieter Lindenblatt the volumes requested. E [email protected] 2 Today, more than 27 billion cups Elmar Ockenfels of green beans are lying in E [email protected] the Port of Antwerp.

3 The Port of Antwerp offers ample Hans Königs specialised storage facilities for E [email protected] forest products. · INDIA 4 The largest bulk warehouse in Raj Khalid the world for refined is to be E [email protected] found in the Port of Antwerp. 5 · NORTH AMERICA 7 steel service centers offer Filip Vandenbussche tailor-made solutions for various E [email protected] steel products.

6 A large variety of value added logistics services, such as quality control, order picking, repackaging, are part of the Port of Antwerp’s offer for perishables.

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— WE KEEP YOU October 2016 — Antwerp Antwerp Authority Port Pictures © — Antwerpen 2030 Zaha Hadidplein 1, publiek recht, NV van Antwerpen, Responsible editor Havenbedrijf

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