zespri for 20 years / clean port / auto eco / a kiss every wednesday / wood on the catwalk / north sea fish

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1 A young seaport has become a major port, connecting the world to Europe. Annual magazine of the Seaport of Bruges / 2017 zespri for 20 years / clean port / auto eco / a kiss every wednesday / wood on the catwalk / north sea fish

2 CONNECT #3 / 3 coming home Annual magazine of the Seaport of Bruges: Zeebrugge Zeebrugge, the seaport of Bruges, is one of the world s foremost roll-on/roll-off ports, where nearly 40 million tons of goods are transshipped annually. The coastal port is also a container port. A new container service was recently launched from New Zealand and Peru. The offering of both intra- European and intercontinental services is what makes Zeebrugge such an important access port to the European markets. COVER IMAGE The LNG bunker ship ENGIE ZEEBRUGGE arrived at its home port of Zeebrugge on Saturday, 1 April. The world s first seagoing LNG bunker ship is owned by ENGIE, Mitsubishi Corporation, NYK Line and Fluxys. She was built at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co s Yeongdo shipyard in Busan, South Korea. As Zeebrugge is the ship s home port, it was christened ENGIE ZEEBRUGGE. The ship can carry 5,000 cubic metres of LNG and delivers LNG for use as marine fuel from Zeebrugge to ships that are active in Northern Europe. The bunker ship s first customers are two brand-new LNG-powered car carriers owned by UECC (United European Car Carriers): the AUTO ECO and AUTO ENERGY. ENGIE ZEEBRUGGE fills up on LNG at the Fluxys LNG terminal in Zeebrugge. Zeebrugge also focuses on the transshipment of conventional cargo, liquefied natural gas, cruises and not in the least the handling of new cars and high & heavy loads. Handling 2.8 million units on an annual basis, the coastal port is one of the main car-handling ports in the world. The coastal port is also developing as a food cluster. As a non-industrial or clean port, Zeebrugge is the ideal location for combining perishable food cargoes. The port also offers almost 20 intra-european ferry services to destinations in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Baltic region, Russia and Southern Europe. The extensive range of ferry services and intercontinental container services, together with an inland waterway, railway and road network, make Zeebrugge an ideal location to establish distribution centres. Zeebrugge is therefore more than just a maritime crossroads; the North Sea port has grown into an ultramodern logistics platform completely at the service of the European and intercontinental markets.

3 CONNECT #3 / 5 content Around the table Highlights of 2016 A kiss every Wednesday Wood on the catwalk _08 _12 _14 _21 _ The Port of Zeebrugge is alive and kicking. Investments are opening the way to new growth and container transport is picking up again. Three leading players and the Port s CEO discuss their views on the opportunities and challenges for the future. _The most important events in Zeebrugge of the past year are highlighted. In 2016 Zeebrugge consolidated its leading position as the largest car-handling port in the world. _ Every Wednesday, Zeebrugge welcomes the AIDAprima; the ship with the red lips painted on her bow. This ship is unique for many reasons! _ What can you use a tree for? At StoraEnso, they ask this question every day. Even stronger: it is a calling, an ambition and a vision. Zespris at the port for 20 years _ Every year, around 1.2 million kiwis are unloaded, stored, packaged and prepared for shipping all across Northern Europe at the Belgian New Fruit Wharf (BNFW) in Zeebrugge. Clean Port of Zeebrugge _ The seaport of Bruges is located in a coastal area, but not within direct proximity of heavy industries. A coastal port, with clean air, is an ideal location for the handling and processing of food cargoes. The LNG-fuelled AUTO ECO _ The AUTO ECO is the very first car carrier in the world fuelled by environmentally-friendly liquid natural gas. As the LNG tanks are located inside the ship, only the flues reveal that this is a very special ship. Facts and figures The magazine conveys the most important figures relating to Zeebrugge in 2016 in a graphically attractive layout! _24 _34 _38 _48

4 CONNECT #3 / 7 prologue We stay Connected. RENAAT LANDUYT & JOACHIM COENS It is with great pride that we present the third edition of Connect, the annual magazine of the Seaport of Bruges. We hope that the many photo presentations and informative articles will capture your interest. By definition, a port is a direct gateway to a continually changing world. We want to stay Connected with you. This year was marked by numerous developments: kiwis from New Zealand are now being delivered in containers, LNG as a marine fuel has become a reality with the commissioning of the AUTO ECO, the AUTO ENERGY and the cruise ship AIDAprima, and the world s first seagoing LNG bunker ship, ENGIE Zeebrugge, has come home to our coastal port. Additionally, employment at the port has increased considerably to accommodate the car and general goods sectors Zeebrugge is consolidating its position as a world-class car-handling port, the Complex Project Improving Nautical Accessibility to the Inner Port of Zeebrugge read second sea lock was launched by the Flemish government, the Ocean Alliance was established, which triggered the relaunch of Zeebrugge deepsea container traffic, and the coastal port is strengthening its hold on the United Kingdom & Ireland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe thanks to the launch of various triangular services. Port companies are expanding; in terms of terminals and/or services; the paper industry is fully reorienting itself. And that s not even all! All ingredients are there to regard the future of our seaport with greater ambition than ever. We hope that Connect 3 will further your interest in our seaport! Renaat Landuyt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MBZ Joachim Coens, CEO of MBZ

5 CONNECT #3 / 9 import Zespri has been a permanent fix in Zeebrugge for 20 years Every year, around 1.2 million kiwis are unloaded, stored, packaged and distributed all across Northern Europe at the Belgian New Fruit Wharf (BNFW) in Zeebrugge. This has made the coastal port the European gateway for the Zespri kiwifruit. Until this year, the fruit was always shipped as conventional cargo on refrigerated ships, but recently they were containerised. We have always considered Zeebrugge as our largest port in Northern Europe, says Bert Barmans, Managing Director of Zespri International Europe. There are several reason for this. On the one hand, it ties in with our philosophy of extended collaboration with the same partners. On the other hand, we are highly satisfied with the quality of the services and the possibilities offered by the port. H I S T O R Y Zeebrugge and kiwis share a long history. Kiwis have been unloaded here as far back as at the opening of Zeebrugge s inland port in Previously, a large group of individual exporters shipped their kiwis via this port. The name Zespri was launched in The first reefer ship with a cargo of kiwis was handled at the BNFW in The conditions at this terminal were good even then, recalls Philip Marechal, Operations Manager for Europe. In those days, Antwerp did not receive many containers yet. This port on the Scheldt River focused primarily on the USA. The Port of Zeebrugge developed along with the times and more refrigerated storage space soon became available. The input for more production and the ambition to provide optimum quality is something we have always been able to appreciate. Its location close to the sea and the limited presence of heavy industry ensure that kiwis stored in Zeebrugge are kept under healthy air conditions. The port is also well-positioned for delivery to France and the UK, explains Barmans. The volume that we handle in Zeebrugge on an annual basis has remained largely unchanged We store our kiwis in the healthy sea air. at 130,000 pallets. Our supply volume depends on the harvest. Our kiwis are a natural product. The activities that we are undertaking in Zeebrugge are, however, expanding. We are making optimal use of the possibility of subjecting our kiwis to quality control, and custom-packaging them for the consumer market. A notable advantage is that we can do this in specially adapted climate conditions without having to move the product about very far.

6 CONNECT #3 / 11 We attach great value to training and educating the employees who handle our kiwis. TR AINING PRODUC T DE V ELOPMENT Zespri s activities provide employment for around 200 workers during the supply season, which lasts from May to November. We attach great value to training and educating the employees who handle our kiwis, confirms Barmans. This allows us to supply a consistent standard of quality. Despite the seasonal nature of our operations, we can successfully build up expertise with a view to achieving our envisioned high standard of quality, together with the management of Belgian New Fruit Wharf in Zeebrugge. After all, it is the BNFW s employees who handle our products with the utmost care, for which we are extremely grateful. In the meantime, Zespri intends to continue to focus on the development of its products in New Zealand. We continue to invest in our products, from their cultivation onwards, explains marketing manager Nele Moorthamers. We focus on the taste by optimising the cultivation process. In this, we carry out thorough research into pinpointing the optimum harvesting moment or the circumstances under which the fruit grows best. By adapting our pruning method at the plantations, for example, we can regulate the amount of sunlight. This way, we can allow our product to develop naturally. As from the year 2000, there have been two varieties of Zespri: Zespri Green and Zespri Sun Gold. Of course, the organical- ly grown variant, Zespri Organic, should also be included in this list. Zespri also continues to innovate with regard to shipment. As from the 2017 season, kiwis are shipped in reefer containers from the ports in Nelson, Napier and Tauranga. Zespri is the driving force behind the new container line that supplies primarily food products from New Zealand and Peru. Although a few logistics adjustments had to be made in New Zealand to accommodate the new shipping methods, Zespri aims to continue to do everything in its power to guarantee the quality of the Zespri fruit at the highest possible level. Geert Weymeis

7 CONNECT #3 / 13 Engie Zeebrugge is the world s first seagoing LNG bunker ship. LNG is the green marine fuel of the future. CLEAN Thanks to rail transport, there are fewer lorries clogging the already strained road network. PORT The port is located in a coastal area, without the proximity of heavy industries. The port is investing in wind turbines. A coastal port, with clean air, is an ideal location for the handling of food cargoes. A coastal port, with pure, unpolluted air, is the best possible location for a vehicle fleet with sensitive bodywork. Zeebrugge is the largest car-handling port in the world.

8 CONNECT #3 / 15 ecology AUTO ECO: the first LNG-fuelled car carrier in the world TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WHARF: NACKS, CHINA LENGTH: 181 M WIDTH: 30 M DRAUGHT: 8,40 M GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE: CRUISING SPEED: 16.5 CAPACITY TEU DECKS: 10 CARGO DECKS: 32,000 M 2, OF WHICH 6,000 M 2 HIGH & HEAVY LARGEST DUAL-FUEL PCTC IN THE WORLD LARGEST 1A SUPER FINISH-SWEDISH ICE CLASS IN THE WORLD One or more car carriers on the Bastenaken Terminal? An everyday occurrence. At first glance, UECC s AUTO ECO looks just like any other PCTC, or Pure Car and Truck Carrier. However, if you look closely, you will notice that the ship has two chimneys. And what is that pipe in between that resembles one of those constructions you used to make with Meccano as a child? The AUTO ECO is the very first ro/ro carrier in the world powered by environmentally-friendly liquid natural gas. As the LNG tanks are located inside the ship, only the flues reveal that this is a very special ship. The PCTC also has a unique bow and hull. What is so special about it, is that this is the largest car carrier conferred Ice Class 1A Super, allowing it to sail everywhere in the world, from the Baltic Sea in winter up to and including the Northwest Passage, if this should ever be necessary. United European Car Carriers is a subsidiary of NYK and Wallenius Lines. With 615,000 cars shipped every year, the UECC shipping company is one of the Port of Zeebrugge s best customers. It was therefore not at all illogical that Zeebrugge would be conferred the honour of hosting the ship s launching ceremony. On 21 November 2016 the guests gathered in a tent near the starboard bow of the ship. It was an international meeting of VIPs, attended by Ingrid Schulerud (Ambassador of Norway) and Glenn Edvardsen (CEO of UECC), Koichi Chikaraishi (Representative Director, Senior Managing Corporate Officer, Chief Executive of Automotive Transportation Headquarters of NYK Line), Anders Boman (President of Wallenius Lines), Bjorn Svenningsen (Head of Sales & Marketing at UECC) and Masafumi Ishii (Ambassador of Japan). Also present were Margareta Wallenius- Kleberg and Jonas Kleberg, President of Wallenius Lines. Ship owners, terminal operators and customers were joined by Minister-President Geert Bourgeois, Mayor Renaat Landuyt and CEO of MBZ Joachim Coens. Claire Tillekaerts, CEO of Flanders Investment & Trade, was conferred the honour of being the ship s godmother and pushing the red mushroom-shaped button that swings a bottle of champagne against the hull, as dictated by tradition. It was a perfect hit! Everyone was relieved and pleased. Flanders Investment & Trade is a Flemish agency whose core business is to attract foreign investors to Flanders and help them with any establishment issues they may be facing. After a brief reception on the main deck of the AUTO ECO, the guests were given a tour of the ship, from the machine room to the navigation bridge. This ship is equipped with a MAN B&W 8 S50 ME-GI main engine. Captain Henryk Laskowski explained that the machine can run on LNG, low-sulphur MGO (Marine Gas Oil) or on heavy fuel oil (HFO). Everyone was surprised that the engine looked so normal. Except for a compressor, there was nothing unusual to point to the use of LNG. The guests, however, were not entitled to a glimpse of the LNG tank. CEO Glenn Edvardsen informed them that the 800 m3 gas tank takes up quite a bit of space, just in front of the main engine. Although this tank results in a shipping deficiency of several hundred cars, it provides us with the tremendous advantage of only having to bunker LNG once for a two-week trip. For Zeebrugge, the launch of the AUTO ECO is the acknowledgement of the port s position as an LNG Port. Minister- President Geert Bourgeois thanked UECC for choosing the Port of Zeebrugge as a hub, and for its contribution to achieving Flanders ecological ambitions. On 1 April, ENGIE, the brand-new seagoing LNG bunker ship the first in the world entered the coastal port of Zeebrugge. The ship was built in South Korea by Hanjin Heavy Industries. The LNG tanker was ordered by NYK Line, Mitsubishi Corporation, Fluxys and Engie (formerly GDF Suez). The AUTO ECO and the AUTO ENERGY are its first customers. Pioneers! Text and photos: Mike Louagie From left to right: Glenn Edvardsen, CEO of UECC, Geert Bourgeois, Flemish Minister-President, Claire Tillekaerts, CEO of Flanders Investment and Trade

9 CONNECT #3 / 17 Good training is the best foundation for outstanding performance The dockworkers in Zeebrugge worked a total of 342,712 shifts in With this, a new record has been set, which can be attributed largely to increasing automobile, ro/ro and general goods traffic. The Zeebrugge Employers Association (Centrale der Werkgevers in Zeebrugge, CEWEZ vzw) is the officially recognised organisation for the recruitment and employment of qualified dockworkers. Last year, the Association deemed it necessary to certify 219 new dockworkers. In Zeebrugge, the number of employable dockworkers rose to 1,695 towards the end of But what will the future bring? 342,712 shifts were performed by dockworkers in Zeebrugge in We have to continue to anticipate on the demand for qualified dockworkers, says Director Guy Benedictus. After last year s 15.4% increase, 2017 is once again seeing an increase in the number of shifts. The labour-intensive conventional cargo in Zeebrugge is on the rise, and the handling of new vehicles continues to require a great deal of input. In addition to this, we are also aware of the need to recruit replacements for the natural outflow of our existing contingent. Our search for new people never stops. Fortunately, there are still many people in this region who are interested in a career as a dockworker. The port expects increasing traffic in a number of sectors in 2017 and 2018 as the result of private investments, among others. It is expected that this will require the dockworkers to perform many highly specific tasks. To anticipate on this demand, Cewez embarked on securing a new wharf reserve of around 200 persons at the beginning of They will be certified depending on the demand and the anticipated traffic and volume. NEW TRAINING CENTRE Good training is the foundation for outstanding performance, emphasises Benedictus. This is why we decided to invest in a brand-new multi-purpose training centre, which opened its doors in All dockworkers start their training with a three-week training course. After this, they undergo specialist and advanced training. Last year, 2,115 students registered at the new centre, which is equal to a 50% increase in enrolment. The demand for good classrooms and practical training facilities was very high. In addition to this, our contingent of both permanently employed and temporary instructors was expanded. The training centre collaborates closely with the companies at the port. They make available instructors and training materials. The port companies ultimately benefit from the high quality standard of our training programmes, explains Benedictus. We ensure that the dockworkers have the necessary knowledge and skills to perform an enormous diversity of assignments in Zeebrugge. Dockworkers at this port are expected to be able to perform a wide range of tasks. Our people need to be fully knowledgeable of the latest technical developments, which includes driving electrically-powered and hybrid vehicles and moving about heavy and high equipment. Of course, safety is always our highest priority. Geert Weymeis

10 CONNECT #3 / 19 exploring the world Zeebrugge Belgium Tacoma Port Hueneme Long Beach San Diego Galveston Port Manatee Newark Philadelphia Halifax New York Baltimore Charleston Savannah Brunswick Jacksonville Manzanillo Lazaro Cardenas Veracruz Puerto Quetzal San Lorenzo Cartagena Acajutla Corinto Puerto Caldera Balboa Puerto Cabello Tanger Casablanca Djen Djen Malta Beirut Aqaba Alexandria KhorFakkan Jeddah Port Sudan Djibouti Dalian Xingang Qingdao Shanghai Ningbo Guangzhou Xiamen Yantian Hong Kong Laem Chabang Port Klang Singapore Busan Higashi Incheon Nagoya Yokkaichi Hitachi Hitachinaka Kobe Chiba Pyeongtaek Kanda Yokohama Gunsan Omaezaki Busan Toyohashi Kwangyuang Gamagori Hiroshima Papeete Manta Guayaquil Paita Callao Portocel Iquique Santos Barra do Riacho Tamatave Port Reunion Noumea Paranagua Durban Fremantle Brisbane San Antonio Zarate Rio Grande Port Elizabeth East London Melbourne Port Kembla Auckland Nelson Tauranga Napier Containers General cargo Roro

11 CONNECT #3 / 21 exploring Europe facts and figures 2016 By rail Inland shipping Road transport Shortsea links 37,813,064 Kemi Oulu TONS/YEAR IRELAND Dublin Rosyth Teesport Middlesbrough Hull Killingholme Immingham Grimbsy U.K. Tilbury Sheerness Portbury Purfleet Southampton Ramsgate SWEDEN NORWAY Drammen Moss Halden Wallhamm Hirtshals Göteborg DEN. Esbjerg Malmö Lübeck Cuxhaven Szczecin Hamburg Bremerhaven Emden Amsterdam GERMANY THE NETHERLANDS Gdynia Gdansk Rauma POLAND FINLAND Uusikaupunki Hanko Helsinki Ventspils Kotka ESTONIA Riga Paldiski LATVIA LITHUANIA Ust Luga St.Petersburg BYELORUSSIA RUSSIA Composition of goods transport Roll-on/roll-off transport and container transport together account for more than three quarters of total goods transshipment in Zeebrugge. In third place is liquid bulk, such as LNG bunkers, fruit juices and molasses. 38 % CONTAINERS 38% RORO 16 % LIQUID BULK 4 % DRY BULK 4 % GENERAL CARGO Brussel BELGIUM UKRAINE Vigo Leixoes PORTUGAL Setubal Santander Bilbao SPAIN Pasajes Tarragona Sagunto Valencia Le Havre Paris Sète Barcelona FRANCE SWITSERLAND ITALY Livorno CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA AUSTRIA HUNGARIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SERBIA ALBANIA GREECE ROMANIA BULGARIA Constanta Derince Istanbul Yenikoy Gebze Borusan TURKEY Aliaga 330,223 FERRY PASSENGERS 743,085 CRUISE PASSENGER MOVEMENTS ALMOST 2,000 PASSENGERS A DAY Last year 1,070,308 passenger movements were recorded in Zeebrugge. This figure is composed of the daily service to and from Hull (330,223 passengers), on the one hand, and cruise passenger movements (743,085), on the other. Cruise ships called at the port 142 times in Gioia Tauro Piraeus Malaga Tenerife Las Palmas Tanger Casablanca Mastaganem

12 CONNECT #3 / 23 facts and figures ,695 WORKERS 342,712 SHIFTS 37.8 MILLION TONS Modal split of maritime traffic The majority of loads leave or arrive at the port by lorry. However, transport by rail is increasing. Many goods arrive by one ship and leave in another ship. This is called transshipment % BY ROAD 10.7 % BY RAIL Dockworkers and shifts An average of 1,695 dockworkers work at the Port of Zeebrugge. In 2016 they completed a total of 342,712 shifts. This is an increase of 15.4 % in comparison to United Kingdom Sweden Qatar Ireland Spain Netherlands USA Finland A EUROPEAN PORT WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM Geographic distribution in Europe Out of a total of 37,813,064 tons, 29,933,477 is related to Europe. From this European share, 17,099,781 tons, more than half is related to the UK. Geographic distribution worldwide Europe 29,933,477 tons (79%) Asia 3,841,057 tons (10%) N & S America 1,996,708 tons (5%) Other 2,041,822 tons (5%) 2,776,113 NEW CARS PER YEAR The port of Zeebrugge has retained its solid position of the world s largest car handling port. Last year, car handling activities increased by 14.3%. With its offering of intra-european services in combination with intercontinental services, the port is outstandingly equipped as a distribution hub. Brasil 10 % BY TRANSSHIPMENT FEEDER 5.8 % BY ESTUARY SHIPPING 4% BY PIPELINE 0.3 % BY INLAND SHIPPING China Top 10 commercial partners Zeebrugge The Port of Zeebrugge is a key bridgehead for the flow of goods to and from the United Kingdom. Sweden is the second European trading partner, for paper and pulp cargo loads. China is the most important trading partner for container traffic. IMPORT 1,204,186 EXPORT 1,571,927

13 CONNECT #3 / 25 around the table Zeebrugge remains ambitious for the future The port of Zeebrugge is alive and kicking. Investments in the ro/ro, automotive and gas sectors are leading the way to new growth and the container traffic is picking up again. Three major players and the CEO of the port weigh the chances and the challenges for the future. Jean-Louis Vandevoorde, freelance transport journalist, asked the questions for this interview. Joachim Coens, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Zeebrugge Svein Steimler, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NYK Group Europe (ICO) Pascal De Buck, Managing Director, Fluxys Peter Stolk, Head of Ports, P&O Ferries

14 CONNECT #3 / 27 We very much look forward at intermodality and the combination between rail and ferry. We are now serving Romania and Italy for the UK market. Joachim Coens What is the role and importance of the port of Zeebrugge in your network today? Svein Steimler: In 2007 NYK established ICO (International Car Operators). In those ten years ICO grew from cars to 2,3 million cars, including our terminal in Antwerp, and from a few hundreds of employees to 1,300. This underlines the importance of Zeebrugge for us and we are keen to further develop our position in the port, which we could never have reached without the close cooperation with the port authorities and a good understanding with the unions. Our overall goal was to make a state-ofthe-art terminal. We are not quite there yet but we managed to become the world s largest car terminal and that is simply due to staff s dedication. The main reason we were succesfull, though, was the prime location of the port and its excellent connectivity to the hinterland both on the land-and on the seaside. This fantastic location is God s gift to Belgium. Pascal De Buck: Fluxys has a long history with the port of Zeebrugge. Our LNG terminal was commissioned in 1987 for the supply of Algerian gas to Belgium. The second big step came when different users Qatar Petroleum/Exxon Mobil, ENI Gas & Power, Engie - contracted capacity in our terminal. The developments have accelerated since then. Zeebrugge has become an important trading point for natural gas and we are witnessing promising growth in the use of LNG as a fuel for ships and trucks. Zeebrugge is also important and attractive in the pipeline business, with different flows of natural gas that come together in this area. There is a pipeline coming from Norwegian gas fields, a direct connection with the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany and a pipeline connecting into France. All this brings the total throughput capacity for natural gas in the Zeebrugge area to about 50 billion cubic meters per year, while annual consumption of the European Union stands at approximately 450 billion cubic metres. And the throughput capacity will increase substantially in the future as a result of the contract we recently concluded with Yamal Trade for transshipments of LNG delivery to mainly Asian markets in the first step. Peter Stolk: Last year P&O Ferries celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in Zeebrugge. In our traffic mix of passengers and freight, we ship about 350,000 units and 350,000 passengers per annum to the UK. The freight component is becoming increasingly important. Zeebrugge is the spider in our web. It is our most important hub in the North Sea sector and we are basically the only remaining passenger link between the UK and Belgium. P&O Ferries, Fluxys, ICO, all three of you have embarked upon major expansion schemes. Peter Stolk: We just relaunched our ropax vessels by offering a completely new onboard experience to our passengers, but also beter facilitating our freight drivers. Last year, we obtained some 14 hectares of additional land where we are already handling our routes to Tilbury and Teesport. It is still early days, but that will allow us to grow further, because rail connectivity is key. We ship about 55,000 rail units per annum and that market grows by between 10 to 15% each year, partly thanks to better equipment improving the speed of turn around has improved. There are quite a number of leads ongoing with rail operators, who have high interest in growing the business in Zeebrugge. Pascal De Buck: We finished building our new jetty and we invested in a LNG bunkering ship. We are also increasing LNG storage capacity and building the process equipment required to offer transshipment services under the contract with Yamal Trade. These combined investments will probably trigger further investments related to new markets like the use of LNG in seaborne and inland shipping. Zeebrugge could also become a very good source of supply for our projects in the Scandinavian area. It all looks very promising. Svein Steimler: We have major expansion plans of our own, which could easily fill up to hundred hectares of land. We are continuously being approached by new and existing customers for consolidation of their North European business. We have proven to the market that with our workforce and the flexibility of the port authorities there are possibilities here. We need more space. Car sales are increasing only slightly in Europe but more volume is moving in our direction. We are of course happy with that. The fourth main pillar of port activity in Zeebrugge is the deepsea lo/lo container. Zeebrugge has been hit by the latest developments in the liner business. Joachim Coens: Containers come in various forms in Zeebrugge: ro/ro, lo/lo, shortsea and deepsea. The challenge we face is on the deepsea lo/lo container. There has been a reshuffling in the liner business. On the terminal side we still have APMT with its Chinese and European presence and we are confident that this platform will have its use. We have a coastal position which is complementary to that of the other Flemish ports. The Ocean Alliance has decided to bring a service back to Zeebrugge and we are very keen to attract other services. Our deepsea container terminal is linking a lot of cargo and has an impact on other sectors. Peter Stolk: We are in a constant dialogue with APMT. Joachim Coens: The deepsea and the shortsea are indeed linked, some paper pulp we handle is going to the Far East, there is intra-european cargo moving to the Far East. We serve our own region, there is the transhipment business to Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, the combination between ro/ro and deepsea, products we are more focused on like food, etc. We have to find the right niche in containers and grow from there, just like we did in automotive, ro/ro and gas. It means taking a new start. Joachim Coens: The future is more important than the past. P&O Ferries today is a different company from what it was years ago. We very much look forward at intermodality and the combination between rail and ferry. We are now serving Romania and Italy for the UK market. There is the interconnectivity in the shortsea, where you combine the UK with the continent, Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal. That network is in constant renewal and helping to keep the cargo in the port. The same goes for Fluxys, with new contracts, new markets, additional storage capacity, LNG as fuel. The automotive sector is ever more about what you do with the cars, the skills your people have, the added value you can provide. That is how you create a hub and that is what we have to do in containers, bulk or cruises. You see a niche and you create added value, you interact with other sectors. It is good for a port to be versatile, because there are ups-and-downs in every sector. Will the increasingly protectionistic international climate have an impact on your activities? Svein Steimler: This is a difficult question to answer, because what the politicians will decide to do is still unknown. But the location of Zeebrugge will remain its main strength. Just look at the map and draw the cirkels. That is a given. As terminal operators, as long as we come up with new business ideas and get more legs to stand on, we can live with fluctuations in the market. At ICO, we have seized new opportunities. To handle the

15 CONNECT #3 / 29 The location of Zeebrugge will remain its main strength. Just look at the map and draw the cirkels. That is a given. Svein Steimler huge Yamal modules we had to create a special zone at our Hanze Terminal. This wasn t even on the chart five years ago. At the end of the day our customers want efficient, timely, damage-free logistics, a seemless supply chain and it is down to us to deliver just that. Pascal De Buck: I totally agree that you cannot forecast the future but that the location of Zeebrugge as such is very attractive. One of the reasons we got the contract with Yamal Trade is because the position of Zeebrugge is very interesting to them. Of course we already were here, the port authorities were very commercial in their approach, there is a market downstream and our grid offers a highway into the German, French, Dutch and UK market. You have to add it all up. The future is always going to be different from what you expected. So flexibility, the ability to see opportunities and to seize them is crucial. The same goes for the synergies between us. Mr Stolk, the Brexit must be of paramount importance to P&O European Ferries? Peter Stolk: It is still early days regarding the Brexit. At the moment we see that the currency factor is in our favor. There is some inflation predicted in the UK that could have a downside effect. But it all depends on the negotiations within the next two years. So, it is difficult to tell, isn t it. Still, trade with the UK will go on, no matter what, and the preconditions here in Zeebrugge remain excellent. Joachim Coens: In Zeebrugge, 45% of the traffic is UK related. Out of that total, 64% is export, so the influence is not only being felt by the port but by all the industries around us. In the port every sector, not only the ro/ro, is linked to this trade, whose importance has grown over the years. For us the UK and the ability to continue to export are very important. I agree with Peter that the demand in the UK will still be there tomorrow, but we have to be careful not to create too many obstacles in terms of import duties. It could be very dangerous to make our products more expensive. We hope that the European Commission and Parliament will understand that creating problems for the UK is also putting up problems for us. Paperwork is not the real problem, digital information systems can deal with that. It could even be in our advantage since it could stimulate unaccompanied freight compared to the accompanied freight. In that respect, Calais could suffer more because drivers would have to wait, which costs a lot of money. We could also see more direct shipping between Ireland and the continent, for instance. Peter Stolk: There could indeed be a shift from accompanied to unaccompanied traffic if border control measures are reinforced. Mr Steimler, a drop in car sales in the UK would not be good news for you, I guess. Svein Steimler: Why would they go down because of the Brexit. It could go the other way. We don t know. That is the whole point: we haven t got a clue about what it is going to be like afterwards. Let s wait and see what happens. Let s not forget the EU is close to 500 million people, the UK is 60 million people. We are talking about ten percent. There are other markets. Is the gas sector more Brexit-proof, Mr De Buck? Pascal De Buck: It depends which part of the chain you are looking at. The impact on the LNG terminal is probably indirect. But we also have a pipeline between the UK and Belgium and if the European regulation on gas transportation does not apply to the UK anymore, life from a regulatory and commercial perspective could become a bit more complicated. It all depends on what direction negotiations will take. What needs to be done to maintain and reinforce the position of the port? Svein Steimler: When you operate out of the inner port, the biggest potential bottleneck is the lock. We have one lock only. With the increase of traffic, it is only a question of time before ships need to wait. And ships, like aircraft, only make money when they are moving. Another key challenge is labour, to make sure that we can attract young people and train them in a professional way to build up our business. My dream is to start our own academy to do that. Getting back to infrastructure and connectivity, it makes no sense whatsoever that an existing canal of about 40 kilometres is not expanded to better connect Zeebrugge to the hinterland. It would take many trucks off the roads. If we don t act on this kind of challenges, we could lose out. It is very easy to become complacent. Our growth has been magnificent. But if we don t watch out, there are other people who want this business into their ports. Where do we stand on the lock and the connectivity to the hinterland, Mr Coens? Joachim Coens: I agree with Svein that these are vital questions. The Flemish government has promised to take a decision on the new lock this year and that is really necessary to follow the expansion. I would not say we have a problem today, but this is definitely a challenge for the future. The hinterland connectivity by waterway is key to sectors like breakbulk, food, agribulk, containers It is a struggling point since the beginning of the port. The Stadsvaart project in Bruges will double the capacity for inland navigation to tonnes. That is not sufficient and we still need a broadway canal to improve and extend our reach. If it can t be done over land, we should do it over sea, by connecting Zeebrugge and the river Scheldt. On the road side, the new A11 highway to the port will open in September. Peter Stolk: The A11 will tremendously improve the accessibility by road. That is a major step forward. Joachim Coens: Another strategic factor is cargo in the port, so we need to develop more areas like the Transport Zone and the Maritime Logistic Zone where cargo can be stored and given added value. We need cargo in and around the port. Peter Stolk: Companies like 2XL, ECS, NSE, Middlegate are basically our fuel. These key customers are sitting at our doorstep, which is a major advantage. But it is vital that they are able to expand. Zeebrugge could also become a very good source of supply for our projects in the Scandinavian area. Pascal De Buck

16 CONNECT #3 / 31 Still, trade with the UK will go on, no matter what, and the preconditions here in Zeebrugge remain excellent. Peter Stolk Svein Steimler: In the western world, close to 80% of what we deal with on a daily basis, comes on a ship. Just think what a port like Zeebrugge, with its prime location, can do in terms of employment, what it could grow to become if we are just a bit more sensible about it. Mr Stolk, connectivity and more logistical activity are crucial for P&O European Ferries too. Peter Stolk: Yes, but the point Mr Steimler made about the lock does have an impact on us as well. We do business with each other. We ship cars arriving at ICO, for instance. So if that lock is out of order the whole port is in big trouble. The other point on the agenda is rail. We all want to grow rail, but in the port, the last mile can be cumbersome at times, with too many delays as a consequence. We need to speed up the last mile. The development of logistics in the inner port still is a difficult thing too. Joachim Coens: It is difficult but space is available. Parts of the logistical zone are ready. We have a possible deal to work with logistic labour in the warehouses and port labour on the rail side. if we go in that direction, it would be a boost for the port. Peter Stolk: That is a fair deal. In the outer port too, there is definitely an opportunity to expand on warehousing. That is definitely where the demand is. Joachim Coens: Go for it, Peter. What issues would Fluxys raise, Mr De Buck? Pascal De Buck: If we want to expand further, we need to do it in the direction of the sea, to the north-west, where the Tern Island occupied by sea birds is a limit. We need to find a solution to that problem. There is no immediate, short-term need, but we have done the maximum on the existing site. Any further expansion absolutely requires new space. Second thing: if inland shipping moves into the use of LNG, we have a problem with the limited possibilities out of Zeebrugge. The market is looking at this option. So access over water for inland shipping is certainly a topic which may become very important in that respect. Another thing is that the number of trailers coming to load LNG at the terminal continues to increase as the market for LNG as a fuel for trucks and ships develops. This growing market requires an appropriate accessibility too. Joachim Coens: There is also the issue of regulation. There is so many experience now already on the gas sector, you should be able to review some of the restrictions which are limiting the in and out of the port by LNG vessels. You need to tread carefully when you start something new. But as far as gas is concerned,we are careful since The same goes for estuary barges. We have done this for ten years now. Deregulation on certain aspects should be possible. The interaction between all your sectors is much more developed than one might suspect. Svein Steimler: This interconnection is dictated by the location of the port and by the fact that 80% of what we deal with daily moves by ship. We do not have daily contacts, but we have common interests that fall in line because of how we all live and what we consume. None of this is rocket science. It is pretty basic. But what it boils down to, is that people here are willing to listen and that you can find partners who are willing to do their piece. Pascal De Buck: I fully agree. Peter Stolk: And so do I. In Zeebrugge the human scale is much more important than in other ports. It is quite easy to do business with the port authority MBZ and to establish partnerships. It is a very close community and MBZ is a great facilitator who glues it all together. That s the power of Zeebrugge: because of its scale and tight network it is very easy to do business and to grow partnerships with other companies. Zeebrugge is unique in that respect, as shown by the cooperation with SOL Lines and Finnlines, linking Scandinavia, the Baltic, the UK and Spain. Joachim Coens: It took time but it s a good thing it happened. Such companies are used to keep on moving. Sometimes all they need to get this moving is a little push. Svein Steimler: But if the ships are waiting and the staff and the labour is not there Peter Stolk: and the trains are late Svein Steimler: and the trains are late, we have a problem and then people will look elsewhere. Complacency is a very great danger. We got to be on our front toes to make sure this works. The last sector where critical mass is presently missing is deepsea containers. If that comes back, it reinforces all the other sectors too. Joachim Coens: It is indeed the sector where we need to build up critical mass again. A lot of things changed in the container business. There has been a major reshuffling. The world economy slowed down. Sitting between Rotterdam and Antwerp, the challenge since twenty years has been to find the right place on the market. That is not new. But we found our position in other sectors and I am confident that we will do so in containers. Our position at the coast is one that we can and will be able to leverage. The Seatrade service between New Zealand and Belgium proves it can be done. One final remark? Peter Stolk: Zeebrugge is the most important hub in our network and with our partnerships, the expansion of 14 hectares with our new terminal and the support of MBZ we have seen that we are able to grow further. Our ambition is to double our volumes in the next five to six years. With the factors I mentioned and our ideas for new routes and services, we stand a fair chance of doing that. Pascal De Buck: At the end of the day we must work together and understand each other s needs. The world is changing and we cannot forecast it. Let s look out for opportunities and be agile in reacting to them. Svein Steimler: We are happy with our relationship with Zeebrugge. But again, the laurels of yesterday will do us no good tomorrow. The basics are there, as is the will to move in the right direction, even if things sometimes move too slowly. We as NYK are committed to continue the dialogue we have had from the very first day on. Joachim Coens: ICO, P&O Ferries, Fluxys are fine examples of the many very ambitious and very dynamic players we have in our port, continuously investing and looking forward. They help us and push us forward. The world is changing every day, you do not know what will happen but you have to be ready for the future. Go for it. That is what we try to do, together with our private partners. Everybody should know the port of Zeebrugge is ready for the future and ambitious for the future.

17 CONNECT #3 / 33 cooperating Shipping companies collaborate in triangular services Zeebrugge strengthens hub on the UK & Ireland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe Zeebrugge, a coastal port with a strong position on the European mainland, is increasingly launching triangular services between Scandinavia, the United Kingdom & Ireland and Southern Europe. In collaboration with ports in the United Kingdom cooperation agreements are concluded with various shipping companies to connect the British markets with the European mainland, Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal. This will enable shippers to arrange transport via Zeebrugge from Great Britain to Scandinavia, the Baltic, Spain or Portugal and vice-versa through a single booking. Services can be booked through P&O Ferries, Swedish Orient Lines, Finnlines or CLdN to destinations in the North such as Gothenburg, Esbjerg, Hirtshals, Kemi, Oulu, Kotka, Rauma, St. Petersburg or in the South, such as Santander, Bilbao and Leixões. These services can accommodate various types of cargo, such as trailers, containers, new cars and break bulk cargoes. nal. The expansion covers 14 hectares, a fourth jetty and state-of-the-art railway infrastructure. Swedish Orient Lines recently increased its capacity on the Zeebrugge- Gothenburg route by offering a service that is operated seven days a week. SOL is now also offering departures to Kemi and Oulu in Finland twice a week. Besides cargo for StoraEnso, the service handles trailers, new cars and containers. SOL collaborates with P&O Ferries to ship cargo to the eastern coast of Great Britain via Zeebrugge. A SINGLE BOOKING FOR SHIPPING FROM GREAT BRITAIN VIA ZEEBRUGGE TO SCANDINAVIA OR SOUTHERN EUROPE P&O Ferries has officially taken its expanded terminal in Zeebrugge into commission, effectively doubling its capacity. In this, P&O Ferries is meeting the growing demand of markets to and from Great Britain. P&O Ferries is offering daily services to Tilbury, Hull and Teesport from Zeebrugge. Additionally, freight trains from Central and Eastern Europe arrive at the termi- ZEEBRUGGE PITSTOP ON SERVICE BETWEEN SPAIN AND FINLAND This year, Finnlines launched a weekly northbound service in Zeebrugge on the route between Bilbao and Finland. Zeebrugge acts as a pitstop for the service between Spain and the Scandinavian country. This allows Finnlines to latch on to P&O Ferries various services to Great Britain. CLdN, a leading European ro/ro operator in Zeebrugge with a broad range of services to the United Kingdom and Ireland, has also invested heavily in its Scandinavia hub. The fleet was renewed and the frequency of the Zeebrugge- Gothenburg service increased. CLdN also added a southbound service from Zeebrugge to Santander and Leixões. With departures twice a week. Additionally, CLdN added Hirthals to its new hub in Scandinavia in The Flota Suardiaz shipping company also facilitates shipping through a single booking from Tanger Med to Gothenburg. On the land side, Zeebrugge has access to an extensive railway network that connects the coastal port with Europe s primary markets such as Italy 44 departures a week to Milan - up to Poland, Romania and Greece. Lieve Duprez Intermodal Route Planner via

18 CONNECT #3 / 35 HIGHLIGHTS IN was once again a record year for the cruise sector. More than 142 cruise ships moored at the port of Zeebrugge, equalling 743,085 passenger movements. The increase can be attributed, among others, to the AIDAPrima, which calls in at the Port of Zeebrugge once a week every Wednesday Intermodal transport operator Hupac lntermodal increased the frequency of the rail link between Zeebrugge and Novara to five times a week. This brings the total number of direct connections (return journeys) with Italy to 41 a week. At present, P&O Ferrymasters and Transmec Group connect Zeebrugge three times a week through their new intermodal hub in Oradea, Romania With regard to road transport in and around the Port of Zeebrugge work continued in 2016 on completion of the A11 motorway. This missing link will create a fast connection between Zeebrugge and the hinterland as from August Zeebrugge has been handling an absolute record in new cars with a total of 2,776,113 units. This enabled the largest car-handling port in the world to consolidate its leading position The Complex Project Improving Nautical Accessibility to the Inner Port of Zeebrugge was launched by the Flemish government. A second lock for Zeebrugge is of crucial importance to the strongly growing automobile sector, which is linked to an increase in the number of ships to the inner port. 7. DFDS achieved the highest figures for the past six years on the destination of Rosyth, Scotland in Approximately 700,000 tonnes were shipped on this route The biggest ro/ro customers in Zeebrugge, C.Ro Ports Zeebrugge and P&O Ferries, have expanded their terminals. C.Ro Ports built additional premises at the Brittannia Dock. P&O Ferries opened its Westerhoofd Terminal.

19 CONNECT #3 / marked the start of a gigantic investment programme for car handling. Zeebrugge aims to make no less than 156 hectares, in addition to the existing 390, accessible in its inner report to meet the growing demands of players in the car handling sector. Quay walls will be built in order to make this additional land available. The work is in full sway at the transverse quay of the Southern Canal Dock and comprises a quay length of 400 metres with a view of improving the accessibility of ICO s Hanze Terminal. The Bastenaken Quay will also be extended by 1,070 metres. In a later stage, a quay wall of 1,130 metres will be built at the Baudouin Canal. 2. The considerable increase in general cargo (+27%) can largely be attributed to the handling of the gigantic factory parts for the construction of the gas installations for the Yamal LNG project in Siberia. A total of 80 modules, originating from South Korea and China, will be shipped to Zeebrugge, where they will be transshipped to Ice Class ships to Russia was also a year in which records were broken with regard to employment. A total of 342,712 shifts were completed (+15.4%). This growth could be noted particularly in the labour-intensive car and conventional cargo sectors. 4. In October, the Port of Zeebrugge signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China COSCO Shipping and China Minmetals, in the presence of Prime Minister Charles Michel. The objective of the agreement is to also give shape to the One Belt One Road strategy between China and Europa in Zeebrugge. A Silk Road Maritime Operation Center will be established in Zeebrugge for this purpose. 5. There was also a strong increase of almost 18% in ro/ro cargo shipped to Ireland. CLdN expanded its service to Dublin with a third departure. Ro/ro traffic to the United Kingdom, Zeebrugge s most important trade partner, also noted a further increase of 1.2%. 6. In 2016, Zeebrugge gained strength as a Scandinavia hub. Traffic on this region increased by at least 12%, thanks to CLdN launching a new service between Zeebrugge and the Danish port of Hirtshals, and Swedish Orient Lines increasing its frequency between Zeebrugge and Gothenburg to seven weekly departures, for example. 7. On 21 November the brand-new UECC car carrier AUTO ECO was launched in Zeebrugge. AUTO ECO, as well as her sister ship AUTO ENERGY, were designed to sail on heavy fuel oil as well as LNG. UECC is also the first customer of the LNG bunker ship, the MS Engie Zeebrugge. The bunker ship s home port is Zeebrugge. 8. The top section of the second LNG jetty at the Fluxys terminal was finished and taken into commission.

20 CONNECT #3 / 39 exploring A kiss every Wednesday The past few years have seen numerous different cruise ships mooring at the Swedish Quay. Our most loyal customer ever moored here for the first time on 4 May Since that day, the Port of Zeebrugge has been able to welcome back the AIDAprima the ship with the red lips painted onto its bow each and every Wednesday throughout the year.

21 CONNECT #3 / 41 The Skywalk is a glass platform built around the elevator tower, featuring dazzling views beneath your feet. The AIDAprima is the newest and largest asset of Aida Cruises, a shipping company that is part of the number one in the cruise industry, the listed Carnival Corp. & PLC company. The cruise ship was built in Japan and arrived in Europe at the end of April This ship is unique for many reasons, starting with the route. Every Saturday, the AIDAprima casts off in Hamburg for a trip around the North Sea. In concrete terms, the ship sets course for Southampton, Le Havre, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, to subsequently return to Hamburg. AIDA is a cruise product that caters to German-speaking passengers of all ages, couples or singles, and families with children during the school holidays: lots of children sometimes, in fact. A holiday aboard the AIDA simply can t compare with a traditional cruise. All sorts of passengers enjoy a holiday on the AIDA: guests of all ages, couples and singles, families with children. A holiday aboard the AIDA simply can t compare with a traditional cruise. A small percentage of the guests books the cruise to see London, Paris, Brussels or Bruges. However, the destination is not important to the largest percentage of guests by far. They simply want to spend the week cruising and fully unwinding on board. To them, the ship on board of which it is always summer, is the destination. Guests can choose a different type of holiday every day, at their own pace. BEACH CLUB The concept is as simple as it is ingenious: no account needs to be taken of the outside temperature. There are some places on board where you could easily imagine yourself to be in the Caribbean. Take the unique beach club, for example, on the top-most deck and featuring a swimming pool and palm trees: the indoor part is covered with a huge, transparent dome made from a special type of plastic that allows ultraviolet light to pass through. This way, guests can sunbathe in winter as well as summer. For families, the AIDAprima is one big, never-ending party. Children can romp to their heart s content on the water slides and the climbing course in the indoor activities zone at the rear of the ship. S E AV I E W What s absolutely spectacular are the two elevator towers on both sides of the ship. After you have enjoyed the magnificent view in the glass elevator and arrived at deck 16 you can proceed to the Skywalk if you dare, that is. The Skywalk is a glass platform built around the elevator tower, featuring dazzling views beneath your feet. Not everyone dares to set foot on it! On the promenade deck, also called Lanai, passengers can sit either indoors or out at one of the many restaurants or bars. The Lanai resembles a seaside promenade, except that it is on a big ship. Even the spa has a huge deck with whirlpools and sun beds. Just imagine: a lovely sauna or steam bath followed by absolute relaxation, breathing in the salty sea air. MOUTH-WATERING When AIDA Cruises started with just one ship twenty years ago, a revolutionary concept (for that time) was born. Instead of the more formal à la carte restaurant formula, guests could opt for several original buffet-style restaurants, where your mouth starts to water as soon as you set foot inside. The various food outlets are reminiscent of Italian or French delicatessens, and you can easily get the impression that you have walked into a market where fresh produce is sold. The AIDAprima has more restaurants then there are days in the week, and their chefs know exactly what they have to do to tempt their guests. Be tempted by Italian, French or Asian specialities: the choice is difficult to make indeed. Another option is the utterly German Brauhaus restaurant with an Oktoberfest ambience and its Lederhosen-clad waiters. There is even a brewery on board. The heart of the AIDAprima is the Theatrium, with its stage located smack in the middle of the ship. It is a very open space, where guests automatically pass by, just as they would a city square. Guests can enjoy an espresso or a pre-dinner

22 CONNECT #3 / 43 The AIDAprima will call in to the Port of Zeebrugge every Wednesday this year, until the end of October drink here, while watching the artists practice for that evening s show. There is live entertainment here every evening. DYNAMIC More athletically-minded guests can opt for a sportive vacation. The gym is staffed with personal trainers who will put a training programme together for you that will help you push your limits. Athletic activities offered on board include yoga and Pilates sessions, and fans of spinning will find the typical bicycles here as well. The ship also has outdoor volleyball and basketball courts. In winter, you can even go ice skating and enjoy a cup of steaming hot mulled wine at the Christmas market. Right from the very beginning, passengers on the AIDA were able to book bicycle excursions. This was something entirely novel at the time! Nowadays, it is not unusual to see a group of safely helmeted cyclists depart from the terminal on the Swedish Quay every Wednesday. ECOLOGICAL AIDA claims that the Prima is the most environmentally-friendly cruise ship in the world. All possible technology was applied to keep the ship s ecological footprint as small as possible, ranging from waste disposal and recycling to the MALS system, which creates a finemeshed carpet of tiny air bubbles under the hull to decrease the friction coefficient. MALS is the acronym for Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System, which results in reduced fuel consumption. Although this may be construed as advertising, AIDA is always pleased to announce that the AIDAprima uses only 2.7 litres of fuel per passenger per 100 km. However, the most notable innovation is the use of liquid natural gas: not for when sailing, but when the ship is at berth. This comprised a new challenge for the port authority in Zeebrugge. Every Wednesday, an LNG tanking vehicle needed a secure place to park on the Swedish Quay, next to the ship. The big advantage to LNG as a fuel is the virtually complete absence of harmful emissions. Once it is at sea, the ship switches to MDO, where flue gas washers ensure that the emission of sulphur, nitrogen and fine particles is reduced to a minimum. LOYAL TO ZEEBRUGGE AND BRUGES The AIDAprima will continue to call in at the Port of Zeebrugge every Wednesday until the end of October On 6 November the ship will give the port one last farewell kiss on route to the Canary Islands. In 2018 its role will be taken over by the AIDAperla (still under construction), and Zeebrugge will once again enjoy regular weekly visits from more than 4,000 guests from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Mike Louagie

23 CONNECT #3 / 45 construction Group Depre expands New warehouse for Depre Storage & Handling (DSH) If we feel at home somewhere, we will expand our business there. Although the Depre Storage & Handling (DSH) Department of the Beernem-based Group Depre only established itself on the British Quay in the inner port of Zeebrugge two years ago, the company is already leaving a distinct mark on the site. Group Depre aims to ensure that its new warehouse, which will increase its storage capacity by almost twofold, will be finished by Aside from this, the group also has many long-term plans in the pipeline. If we feel at home somewhere, we will expand our business there, confirms Frank Bruyneel, Director of Purchase and Trade. UNIQUE SECTION OF THE PORT FOR A GROWING COMPANY It is a sunny Spring day when we meet Frank Bruyneel, director of purchasing and trade, and Stef Serruys, trader in broken rice and chief commercial officer of Depre Storage and Handling. Group Depre is established on Britse Kaai, a unique section of the port. One side affords a view of the ramrod-straight Badouin Canal, with the Herder Bridge, the sea lock and the container terminals in the outport of Zeebrugge in the background. On the other side, the Belfry and the Saint Salvator Cathedral are almost within grasp. This is much more than simply a parcel of land in an industrial zone, Bruyneel explains proudly, while and inland ship is being unloaded, despite the approaching twilight. At the end of 2014 Group Depre was given the opportunity to take over the site from Minne Port Services. Here and there, this name can still be faintly discerned on a wall, but a great deal has changed since then. Activity here has grown exponentially since we set up shop here, continues Bruyneel. Group Depre has a lengthy history and was originally specialised in animal feed. This has remained the group s core business for the past 65 years, but its activities have expanded considerably, from raw materials for animal feed in Beernem and Deurne to feed for pet birds and rodents in Deurne and Dordrecht, and from pet food for dogs and cats in Ostend and the French city of Longué-Jumelles to storage and trade in Beernem, as well as in Bruges, of course. Even food for human consumption takes up a considerable percentage of the group s activities, from bakery seeds to quinoa and spices. These are traded by the Lenersan Poortman division in Dordrecht. Some 400 employees are engaged in this wide range of operations, distributed across age branches. The group achieves an annual turnover of EUR 450 million. EXTRA SPACE FOR STORAGE OF AGRO PRODUCTS The site in Bruges is the latest branch to be acquired by Group Depre and is intended primarily for storage, with a distinct focus on raw materials for animal feed and broken rice Stef Serruys hobby horse which was stored in Ostend prior to the takeover of MPS. In addition to the activities I just

24 CONNECT #3 / 47 mentioned, we also handle the storage of agro products for third parties, such as soy meal or wheat gluten flour. We have noticed a growing demand for these products. The storage capacity of the site should be expanded to 50,000 tons by It was only logical that the group needed more space. Currently, the site has a storage capacity of 32,000 tons. This had to be expanded to 50,000 by To accommodate this, the oldest warehouse along the water will need to be torn down. Although the group has already obtained a demolition permit, a construction permit is still pending. The warehouse should make space for a new 7,000 m²warehouse. This warehouse will be used to consolidate our existing activities, and particularly for the storage of agro products for third parties. We will continue to follow the course that we have charted out and aim to grow in storage and transshipment, continues Serruys. We will certainly be hiring more staff in the time ahead. There are six people currently employed here, of whom four are dockworkers. The warehouse may look impressive now, but we have made substantial investments in rolling stock, from bulldozers to conveyor belts, in the past few years. The site has already undergone substantial development. The warehouse will become a building with an adequately closed-off system, particularly with a view to reducing any nuisance to the surrounding enterprises. Various partitions will be placed inside to prevent contamination between the various goods. Additionally, the exterior walls will be as sturdy as possible to enable goods to be stacked against the wall. This is extremely important for increasing storage capacity. Up until now, most of the walls are not equipped to deal with such heavy pressure, and some additional sections resembling Lego blocks must be mounted against the exterior walls. It will be an optimal and efficient storage place, through which goods will be able to move very quickly, predicts Serruys. IDEAL LOCATION Group Depre is happy in Bruges. Not only is the site located in proximity to its home base of Beernem; it also has several unique assets, of which mobility is by far the most important. Proximity to waterways is also of crucial importance. Soy meal from Brazil and Argentina, broken rice from Asia and South America, grain from the Baltic states and the Ukraine, and beetroot pulp pellets from Russia are all shipped by water. Not everything is delivered to the British Quay as a matter of course. A lot of goods are traded via containers. We hope that container traffic in the Port of Zeebrugge will once again attain its previous volumes, but decisions in regard of this are beyond our sphere of influence, explains Bruyneel. At the beginning of March, DSH received the Damina, a seagoing ship 116 m long with a carrying capacity of 7,594 tons and 6,000 tons of sunflower seed flakes on board. This instantly made it the largest carrier to ever enter the Port of Bruges, as well as the biggest load of cargo ever for the seaport s little brother. However, transport by road is also of paramount importance. We have the E40 motorway virtually in our back yard. Flanders and northern France are our most important markets, and these can be reached very easily from Bruges, says Serruys. We are happy with the support provided by the port. This site has a great deal of possibilities and opportunities. Taking a tour of the site in the warm Spring sunshine, this is only too clear. Bruyneel points out a good-sized plot of land that is currently vacant. We could certainly use this plot for further expansion and build another warehouse. A long-term plan, of course, but time passes quickly. And perhaps the barracks that are currently serving as offices may be torn down sometime in the future as well. Who knows? If we feel at home somewhere, we will expand our business there. Sandro Delaere

25 CONNECT #3 / 49 exploring Wood on the catwalk What can you use a tree for? At StoraEnso, they ask this question every day. Even stronger: it is a calling, an ambition and a vision. The originally Scandinavian company listed on the Stockholm and Helsinki stock exchange has developed into a modern world leader that employs 26,000 people. Describing the firm as a producer of paper would not do it justice, considering that paper is only one of its five core activities. The other four are: cardboard, packaging, products based on wood and biomaterials. In the meantime, everyone in Zeebrugge has become used to the giant rolls of paper delivered to and from the multi-purpose PSA terminal since the start of the new millennium. The paper is delivered by ro/ro ships in special containers, called SECUs (StoraEnso Cargo Units), or freight ships equipped with side loaders. The entire logistics mechanism runs like clockwork, with the primary objective of ensuring that publishers will be able to continue to print their newspapers and magazines, day in, day out. The biggest question is: how long will these media still be needing paper? Will we still be reading a paper newspaper five years from now, or will everything have become digital? It is only self-evident that companies such as StoraEnso will need to anticipate on this development, which is happening at lightning speed. The digital transition is also boosting a growing line of business: that of packaging. An example? Due to the explosive growth of web shops, clients need more and better packaging. Fortunately, this is also one of StoraEnso s pillars. The company develops and produces packaging based on wood fibre, from pulp to finished product. However, packaging also comes with interesting challenges. StoraEnso has noted that a lot of what we use every day is made from non-recyclable materials, such as packaging and numerous other products. The firm has already taken some big steps in this direction. It has developed from a producer of paper to a company that calls itself the renewable materials company. Old newspapers, wrapping paper on gifts: these are not waste, but a raw material. However, a following step is needed. Some things can be recycled, and even several times over, if this is done well! However, we cannot renew them. There is a growing awareness among people and also among consumers that this is not a sustainable way of living. So, why not ensure that everything is not only recyclable, but also renewable? According to StoraEnso, the tree is the number one solution. Is anything made from fossil materials today? Tomorrow, the tree will be a raw material! Today, it is possible to penetrate deeply into wood fibres and transform these into microfibres. Of course, anything at a level as minute as this can only be perceived through an electron microscope. In this incredibly small universe, all components that collectively comprise wood can be split off from one another, to be used separately. The tree has become a high-tech form of raw material. Impressive.

26 CONNECT #3 / 51 BIOMATERIALS The Biomaterials division produces a broad range of wood pulp products, and is constantly engaged in optimising its processes to ensure that all by-products can also be used. All of these products, lignine is by far the most interesting. It is a substance derived from pulp before paper is made out of it. Second only to cellulose, lignine is the most frequently occurring organic material on earth. Its applications are almost infinite. BRUGES, CENTRE OF MEDIEVAL MINIATURE ART HI-TECH WOOD StoraEnso knows that the various components of wood will be used in the future as building blocks for new materials. How should we see this? Concretely speaking, all PET bottles produced on the basis of petroleum can be replaced by wood derivatives. Or how about light and strong carbon fibres with which cars, windmills and even aircraft can be produced? The De Havilland Mosquito fighter plane was developed during the Second World War. A unique characteristic was its plywood frame. The aircraft served as a source of inspiration for the American designer of the Splinter, a stunning sports car made almost entirely out of wood, up to and including the wheel rims. The designers of the renowned Finnish designer brand Marimekko adore powerful graphic patterns and bright colours. From tree to article of clothing is a reality to them. We enjoy using textiles based on wood, such as viscose. This material lends itself perfectly for the application of powerful and colour-fast prints, explains Emmakaisa Soisalo, Marimekko s Design and Product Development Manager. The plant-based fibres create numerous opportunities for creating a diversity of textiles. Marimekko uses viscose for floor-length dresses and wide trousers because of the airy effect this creates. Wood on the catwalk: it has become a reality. The proverbial little cogs in the imaginations of the conceptual engineers at StoraEnso never seem to stop turning. The firm has visionary projects in the pipeline that are absolutely astounding. How does it work? No idea. We do know what the common thread is: wood fibres and their derivatives. How about intelligent packaging? Boxes, parcels, crates: all of which automatically inform us of their location whether on a ship or in a delivery van or the ambient temperature of this location. This is possible through the use of RFID or NFC technology. (Radio- Frequency Identification or Near Field Communication) In what is referred to as programmable wood, it can be modified to accommodate individual requirements. So, why not replace glass with transparent wood? Solar panels could also be made from wood. Did you know that some of the products we eat are derived from trees? Not only do we eat fruit, we also eat cellulose. It is a natural ingredient that helps preserve food, increase its nutrient value or simply make it taste better. Methyl cellulose is used to enhance the viscosity of ice cream, toothpaste and shampoo. Carboxymethyl cellulose is an ingredient frequently found in gluten-free food or products with a diminished fat content. It may sound very chemical, yet the source of all these substances is simply the tree. A MISSION StoraEnso is a company with a mission: The tree as a new raw material for a better environment. There is no need to be concerned about deforestation. The modern company uses a method that is at the same time mathematical and ecological. We plant more trees than we harvest, and use every fibre we can. Mike Louagie Since time immemorial, Bruges has enjoyed a close connection with paper and the written word. In the Middle Ages, the city was an important centre for the production of illuminated manuscripts in the Low Countries. Production increased considerably starting in the 1380s and 90s, and the manuscripts were soon distributed all over the Western world as luxury goods. Many of these date from before the era in which the Flemish Primitives, such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling, gained renown and became world-famous. The miniaturists and their work from this era are therefore referred to as pre-eyckian. Manuscripts were ordered primarily by monarchs, noblemen, prominent members of the clergy or wealthy merchants. Some illuminators are known by name, like Simon Bening, but most of them had to do with an eponym: the Master of Edward IV or the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book. Although hundreds of illuminated manuscripts were produced in Bruges, only a limited percentage of these have been preserved in official and private collections. Most of these manuscripts have become the victim of war, fire or even a lack of interest. Despite this loss, the Public Library of Bruges still owns approximately 700 manuscripts, some of which are illuminated and some of which are not. The lion s share of these come from the medieval libraries of the Cistercian Abbeys of Ten Duinen and Ter Doest. Several hundred manuscripts are also preserved in the Major Seminary. Chris Weymeis

27 CONNECT #3 / 53 exploring Containerships, a permanent fixture in Zeebrugge. It will soon be two years ago that the Finnish shipping company Containerships started calling in at the Port of Zeebrugge on a weekly basis. The ships of Containerships enter the port for loading and unloading purposes on their weekly round: Lübeck, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Teesport, Thamesport, Zeebrugge. As the volumes shipped are increasing steadily, a larger tonnage is becoming a dire necessity. GROWING FLEET At present, Containership operates a fleet of eleven to thirteen ships, of which one is owned by the company and the others hired according to the demands of the market. These ships each have a capacity varying from 800 to 1,000 TEU. Considering the steady growth it is experiencing, Containerschips recently placed an order for four container ships with a capacity of 1,400 TEU. The new ships, currently under construction at a Chinese wharf, will become the exclusive property of Containerships. They will be 170 metres long, 27 metres wide and lay at a depth of 9.6 metres when unloaded. The ships, which will be delivered in 2018, will all run on liquid natural gas (LNG). This will make Containerships the first shortsea shipping company in Europe to have placed an order for LNGpowered ships. Other characteristics of the new ships are: 372 reefer connections on board and 631 positions for 45 containers. EQUIPMENT SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ECS AND CONTAINERSHIPS Containerships is currently investigating the possibility of retaining one of the ships in Zeebrugge. Containerships attaches considerable importance to environmentally-friendly services. Not only are the new ships a shining example of this, Containerships vehicle fleet in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands includes several trucks that run on LNG. Besides this limited number of trucks, the company s fleet currently consists of some 15,000 containers: 20, 40 and 45. With the exception of containers for the transport of fluids and gases or solid bulk, Containerships has every type of container for the shipping of containable cargo at its disposal. Additionally, Containerships has concluded an equipment sharing agreement with Zeebrugge-based ECS European Containers. ECS also acts as Containerships agent in Italy. ECS and Containerships collaborate closely in shared shipping with a view to working as efficiently as possible. What s more, ECS and Containerships are both family-run companies and therefore largely established along the same principles. SPHERE OF OPERATIONS EXPANDED TO THE BALTIC STATES AND POLAND Containerships aims to ship the majority of its cargo from France and Belgium through Zeebrugge. Additionally, more cargo will be shipped through Zeebrugge

28 CONNECT #3 / 55 when the ships have been overbooked in Rotterdam. The basic cargo currently shipped via Zeebrugge consists of sawn wood (Rodanar), paper (StoraEnso) and tyres (Bridgestone). Containerships celebrated its fifth anniversary in The shipping company was founded by Finnish Veli-Ragnar Nordström, in 1966 in collaboration with British Sea Containers of UK. The Nordström family still plays a pioneering role in the company. The first service was from Finland to the United Kingdom. Between 1985 and 1990, Containerships developed into a renowned European shipping company in the field of transport using pallet-wide containers. Containerships has been active in Russia since 1994, with offices in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In 2007 the company took over the Latvian Kursiu Linija and Lithuania, effectively extending the shipping company s sphere of operations to the Baltic states and Poland. Currently Containerships is active in two large territories, the Baltic Sea known as the northern route and the Mediterranean Sea. Numerous North Sea ports are served from the Baltic Sea. The following ports are served by the northern route: Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Lübeck, Riga, Klaipeda, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Aarhus, Teesport and Thamesport. The dynamic company currently has 14 offices dispersed throughout the European continent. In collaboration with seven agents, they guarantee optimum services to their customers. In 2016 Containerships employed 532 direct employees and achieved a turnover of million euros. On 15 June 2015 the first Containerships ship entered the Port of Zeebrugge: the Jork Ruler. Since then, this has become a weekly occurrence. In Zeebrugge the ships are handled at the APMT Zeebrugge NV container terminal at the Koning Albert II dock in the western outport. Containerships enjoys the many assets offered by Zeebrugge, such as outstanding nautical accessibility, highly flexible and productive services, motivated and linguistically proficient employees, good accessibility and a central location in relation to the European economic axes. Frank Neyts

29 CONNECT #3 / 57 exploring APM Terminals Zeebrugge NV prepared for Ocean Alliance. In the past years, the container business suffered turbulent times, to put it mildly. This also affected APM Terminals Zeebrugge closely. The economies of scale in container shipping, with increasingly larger ships and the concentration of shipping companies and port terminals, brought with them a great deal of uncertainty. Following a reorganisation of the container capacity in Zeebrugge APM Terminals Zeebrugge was able to succeed in 2016 in retaining the volumes shipped via Zeebrugge in the coastal port. However, the last quarter of the year saw a turnaround. The shipping companies adopted a cautious attitude. First of all, clarity was needed about the possible partnerships that could be forged among the shipping companies. This had to be cleared up before the sailing schedules of the new alliances could be drawn up. On top of this, several important takeovers had taken place in the container shipping business, while other shipping companies had undergone mergers. All of this took up a great deal of time, meaning that all the parties involved had to wait for these reorganisations to be completed prior to taking the next step. Under these circumstances, the Ocean Alliance was established last year, in which CMA CGM (which has since taken over APL), COSCO Shipping (the product of a merger with COSCO and China Shipping Container Line), OOCL and Evergreen entered into a collaboration agreement. At APM Terminals Zeebrugge the last quarter of 2016 focused primarily on the investments needed to ensure the success of the terminal s reconnection with Asia as from mid-may this year. After all, the new Ocean Alliance had chosen Zeebrugge as its port of call for one of the new loops from Northern Europe to Asia, or more specifically: the NEU 4 service. This weekly service will be an export call for Zeebrugge. It is anticipated that 2,500 to 3,000 moves will be handled at every call. CMA CGM will deploy the largest ships in its fleet for this loop, meaning that Zeebrugge will once again be receiving the very largest container ships in the world. There is more, however! During the past slow period, APM Terminals Zeebrugge has not been idle, getting the most out of all the available assets to boost the reputation of the terminal in Zeebrugge as a logistics hub. And successfully at that! Both Maersk Line and CMA CGM currently use Zeebrugge as a link in the worldwide repositioning of empty containers. These are delivered to Zeebrugge from various European ports and subsequently loaded onto main carriers and taken primarily to Asia. In that respect, the shipping companies enjoy the specific advantages offered by Zeebrugge in terms of outstanding nautical accessibility and the flexible and fast handling of ships. Geographically speaking, Zeebrugge is also perfectly situated in relation to Europe s economic axes. Additionally, APM Terminals Zeebrugge has ample space to accommodate this. Many other shipping companies have noticed this in the meantime and are now showing an interest in launching similar services via Zeebrugge. According to Carla Debart, Managing Director of APM Terminals Zeebrugge: On account of these routes, the opportunities we offer as a logistics hub are brought to the attention of the public and these are making quite an impression, as we can conclude from the interest expressed by many a shipping company. In the meanwhile, APM Terminals Zeebrugge has been operational in Zeebrugge for a decade. And this is something that we wish to celebrate with all our partners in the logistics chain. On 8 May (one week before the reconnection with Asia) we are planning an important event in which our customers and end customers, as well as our logistics partners (shipping companies, trend shippers, recipients, etc.), will be put in the spotlight. This coming together of all parties involved should be a unique opportunity to showcase the fantastic benefits and opportunities of the terminal and the Port of Zeebrugge, continues Carla Debart. Of course, it is only self-evident that APM Terminals Zeebrugge is prepared for the relaunch. Additional investments were made, particularly in IT applications, but also in a weighbridge. Moreover, our people our staff as well as our dockworkers are our most valuable assets. We will be shining the spotlight on them, too. APM Terminals Zeebrugge is continually in search of motivated employees and offers a wide range of employment opportunities. To bring these to the attention of the general public the company organised a well-attended job fair on 18 March. In conclusion, we would like to point out that the terminal in Zeebrugge is outstandingly equipped to receive ships and cargo under the very best conditions possible. APM Terminals Zeebrugge has a quay at its disposal measuring 1,300 metres in length. Following on recent technical adjustments, this can now be dredged across its entire length up to a depth of 18 metres at low tide. This will enable the largest container ships in the world to moor at the quay without any problems at all. Additionally, the quay is equipped to receive larger projected container ships (26,000 TEU?). Currently, seven ultra-modern post-panamax container cranes have been installed on the quay. These cranes have a reach of 23+1, even up to the eleventh tier of a container ship deck at low tide. The terminal in Zeebrugge also has a lateral spreader, which is unique in Europe. This is spreader can be used to store empty containers one tier higher on deck of the ship s, a major benefit for the shipping companies. To facilitate movements on the terminal, APM Terminals Zeebrugge has 22 straddle carriers, 1 reach stacker, 2 RMGs (Rail Mounted Gantries - for rail-handling purposes) at its disposal, and a fleet of forklift trucks of which the heaviest has a capacity of 20 tons (SWL). The shareholders of APM Terminals Zeebrugge NV are APMT, with 51%, SIPG (Shanghai International Port Group), with 25% and COSCO, with 24%. In conclusion, we should emphasise that APM Terminals Zeebrugge is here to stay and that we are fully prepared for a successful and professional relaunch, concludes Carla Debart. Frank Neyts

30 CONNECT #3 / 59 N O R T H S E A F I S H -FISHING- ZEEBRUGGE _ Zeebrugge is one of Europe s primary fishing harbours. The European Fish Centre in the inner port is an extensive complex for the supply, trade and processing of fresh fish. Zeebrugge is part of the Flemish fish auction, which operates two auctions: one in Zeebrugge and one in Ostend. The mission of the Flemish fish auction is to bring together the supply and demand of freshly caught wild fish, with the objective of securing the best prices for producers and buyers. Every year, 17 million kg of fresh fish find their way to consumers throughout Europe via wholesale channels. We hope you, our readers, enjoy the following photo report: North Sea fish, from the sea to your plate.

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36 CONNECT #3 / 71 Filip Claeys, founder of NorthSeaChefs and chef at De Jonkman De Jonkman is a restaurant in Sint-Kruis, Bruges which boasts two Michelin stars. Owner and chef Filip Claeys learned the tricks of the trade at Hotelschool Ter Duinen in Koksijde and furthered his professionalism as a chef with Geert Van Hecke (De Karmeliet) and Sergio Herman (Oud Sluis). He took over the restaurant from Ronnie Jonkman in 2006, retaining the original, well-known name. Filip Claeys prefers to cook with high-quality fresh and seasonal regional products supplied by local organic farmers. He is one of the founders and initiator of North Sea Chefs, a project supported by half a dozen enthusiastic chefs who aim to promote the use of sustainable, lesser-known fish varieties and by-catch from the North Sea.

37 CONNECT #3 / 73 INGREDIENTS 2 mullets 8 miniature tomatoes 12 miniature radishes 200g cream cheese ¼ kohlrabi ¼ black radish 1 lemon 1 celeriac root 50g avocado oil PREPARATIONS Mullet: Remove the scales from the fish, rinse under Marinated mullet tomato / radish / celeriac Cold streaming water, separate the fillets from the skeleton and take out the bones in the middle. Cut the fillet in half lengthwise, season both sides with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon juice and allow to marinate for 20 minutes. Tomatoes: Cut a cross into the top of the tomatoes using a sharp knife, blanch for 10 seconds in boiling water, submerge immediately in ice water, remove the skin and season with salt, pepper and olive oil. Radishes: Wash the radishes under cold streaming water, remove the green tops, and season with salt, pepper, olive oil and white wine vinegar. Cream cheese: Mix the cream cheese with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Black radish: Cut the black radish in uniformly-sized cubes, blanch in salted water until they are just tender, scorch with the Bunsen burner and finish with olive oil. Kohlrabi: Roast the kohlrabi on a barbecue for 30 minutes, cut into thin slices and cut into rounds using a cutter. Celeriac jus: Finely dice the celeriac and set to soak in salted water for 20 minutes. Pass through a fine sieve and finish with avocado oil. FINISHING: Place the two fillets in the middle of the plate, squeeze the cream cheese in between, garnish with the tomato, radish, kohlrabi slices and black radish cubes. Pour a little celeriac jus over the fish to finish.

38 management ir. Joachim Coens President - CEO ir. Rik Goetinck Vice-President Policy & Strategy Chantal Orlans Company lawyer ir. Denis Maly Head of Technical Services, ICT, Spatial Planning and Environment Amedé Van Herreweghe Head of Nautical Department Luc Maertens Head of Finance and Administration Department Emmanuel Van Damme Head of Trade and Logistics Department Connect No. 3 / Zeebrugge, May 2017 Port of Zeebrugge Maatschappij van de Brugse Zeehaven n.v (MBZ) P. Vandammehuis Isabellalaan 1, 8380 Zeebrugge, Belgium Editors Editors: Jean-Louis Vandevoorde, Mike Louagie, Geert Weymeis, Chris Weymeis, Frank Neyts, Sandro Delaere, Lieve Duprez. Photography Foto Joke Swyngedouw Maldegem, Maritime Photography Mike Louagie Gent, Henderyckx Luchtfotografie Izegem, Anne de Graaf, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge, Piet Vandenkerkhove, Port of Zeebrugge Contact connect@portofzeebrugge.be Coordination and final editing Lieve Duprez Layout d-artagnan Imprint De Windroos We would like to thank everyone who collaborated on this edition. (This magazine is also available in Dutch.) MBZ 2017