Central location of Port of Antwerp

The Port of Antwerp is a river port linked with the North Sea via the river Scheldt. Its inland position and the good connections towards the hinterland have played a major role in the success of the port of Antwerp.

Antwerp’s location deep inland means that barge transit times to strategic regions in the European hinterland are very short. The Ruhr area (Duisburg) can be reached in about 20 hours, the mid-Rhine area (Ludwigshafen, Mannheim) in 48 hours and Switzerland in 72 hours. Transit times to reach the north of France are 24 to 36 hours. It is therefore not surprising that 40% of all freight traffic from and to the Port of Antwerp is transported by barge.

Last year, inland navigation traffic in the port amounted up to almost 88 million ton. Within 15 years, the inland navigation volume increased by 61% in general and by 150% for containers. About 15 000 maritime vessels and 50 000 barges yearly call at the Port of Antwerp. There are more than 200 container shuttles a week from and to 67 destinations in Europe.

Masterplan inland navigation

Hence the Port of Antwerp and barge transport are closely entwined. The port sees a great future in this mode of transport and has developed an ambitious policy for the further development of this congestion-free, safe and ecological method of transport. The basis of this policy is the Antwerp Port Authority's Master Plan for Barge Transport. This plan aims to enforce the role played by barge transport from, to and within the Port of Antwerp, as well as to enable the Port Authority to take proactive measures.

An essential part of the Master Plan for Barge Transport is the expansion and optimisation of the barge transport infrastructure. The Port Authority will, in constant consultation with the inland shipping sector, optimize the infrastructure for barges in the port and will follow up infrastructure works in the hinterland such as the increase of the bridges on the Albert canal so that this major waterway will be navigable to Liège for barges with containers stacked four high.

The efficient and swift handling of barge traffic flows via innovative solutions and services is another important key in the masterplan. IT often plays a supporting role in this.
A few examples:

• The Barge Traffic System (BTS) offers a platform for communication between terminals and barge operators to organise the pre-announcement of barges at the terminals and to schedule the related operations more strictly. At the moment the system is only available to container barges and is in fact obligatory for them. The BTS gives barges a simple, flexible and uniform way to schedule terminal visits and to reduce waiting periods. More information about BTS is available on the website of the Antwerp Port Community System (APCS). (www.portofantwerp.com/apcs).
• The Automatic Identification System (AIS) enables the Port Authority to guarantee a smooth barge traffic flow. Every barge must be equipped with an AIS transponder, which automatically transmits data regarding the name, position, speed and direction of the barge. This enables the Port Authority to make a precise estimate of when a barge will enter the port, determine which locks have to be made available and propose the most efficient or safest route. AIS has been compulsory from 1 January 2012. The AIS system will not only contribute to the level of security within the port, but in combination with BTS it will eventually permit more efficient planning and optimisation of lock operation and berth allocation.

The Port Authority also plays an active role on the commercial and promotional field. The Port Authority develops initiatives in order to develop new intermodal products or increase the frequency of existing barge products. As such the Premium Barge Service was launched in 2010 in cooperation with the private sector. The Premium Barge Service offers a regular “bus service” within the port. Each day a barge calls five container terminals where it loads and unloads mainly transit containers. This avoids a considerable amount of intra-port haulage. The strict planning and the reliable lead times are the great success of this service. 
Moreover, the Port Authority promotes barge transport among the wider port community in order to contribute to the greater awareness of this transport mode and to encourage its use. A good example is the “Barge Bar” which is held periodically.

But there's more…

- The port recently launched a pilot project which allows barge operators to use eco-friendly shore power, free of charge. There are 28 electricity connection points at the waiting dock for barges. In March 2013 a new waste park (Lillopark) opened with drinking water supply and a car loading area.

- The Port Authority regularly meets with the barge sector via the Permanent Barge Consultation Council. Through this platform, specific bottlenecks for the barge sector are being discussed. Specific working groups are installed to manage certain issues in more details.

Contact  
Antwerp Port Authority
Port House
Zaha Hadidplein 1
B-2030 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel.: +32 3 205 20 11
Website: www.portofantwerp.com

The jurisdiction of the Douro’s Inland Waterway is assigned to the APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, S.A. (Port Authority of Leixões and Viana do Castelo), since the 1st of June 2015, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2015.

The mission of APDL, S.A. is the management of the Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo ports and the inland waterway of the Douro River, handling their economic exploitation, conservation and development.

This port authority takes on all duties and powers related to the inland waterway of the Douro River in its multiple aspects of economic, financial, human resources and public assets management, developing complementary activities and ensuring the navigability of this inland waterway and its port security. Furthermore, it assumes the functions and powers of port authority in the areas covered by the inland waterway of the Douro River.

In this context, the responsibilities of the APDL, S.A. are

• To promote and encourage the inland waterway of the Douro River navigation;
• To encourage navigation activities, to promote the image of the Douro region among economic agents, to manage its resources and to contribute to its development;
• To develop and maintain the infrastructures and equipment intended to ensure the inland waterway of the Douro River navigation and the use of port facilities
• To manage the property in its area of jurisdiction;
• To coordinate the activities of other public or private entities with direct impact on the inland waterway of the Douro River.

Douro's Waterway

The Portuguese part of the Douro’s Inland Waterway, between its mouth in Oporto and the Portugal/Spain border in Barca d’Alva, flows over a distance of 210 km. It is currently used for maritime leisure activities, recreational boating and nautical sports, as well as for small-scale goods transportation (mostly granite) to/from the inland ports of Sardoura and Várzea do Douro. Presently, touristic activity predominates over all others and, within that context, small tourism and recreation represent the major fraction of river use.

The Douro’s waterway is the only Portuguese inland waterway included in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Douro’s habours:

• Sardoura (with a 160 metres long quay and 1.6 ha platform);
• Várzea do Douro (with a 140 metres long quay): www.varzeaportos.pt.

Fairway

Breadth

The fairway, delimited where necessary with buoys (green on the left bank and red on the right one), has the following minimal breadth:

• On a rocky bed: 40m
• On an alluvial bed: 60m

Depth

At present, the fairway permits the following minimal depths:

• 4.20m from the sea to Pinhão and from Pocinho to Barca d'Alva;
• 2.00m from Pinhão to the dam at Pocinho (although there are stretches where it is more).

Gradient

The gradient of 125m between the sea and Barca d'Alva is overcome by means of five locks that all have the same breadth (12.1m) and a length of between 86 and 92 m along the longitudinal axis.

Contact 
APDL, S.A. - Via Navegável do Douro (Douro’s Inland Waterway)
Avenida Sacadura Cabral – Godim
5050-071 Peso da Régua
Portugal
Tel.: +351 254 320 020
Email: correio@apdl.pt
Website: www.douro.apdl.pt

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company manages the infrastructure of the public transport ports of national importance. BPI Co. has its Headquarter Office in Sofia, four Branches – Territorial Directorate in Burgas, Varna, Lom and Ruse, and three specialised divisions: Directorate Vessel Traffic Management – Black Sea, Directorate Vessel Traffic Management  – Danube River and Directorate Port Terminals Operation.

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company is certified for Quality Management System ISO 9001:2008 and for Occupational Health and Safety Management System in accordance with the requirements of BS OHSAS 18001:2007. In order to ensure security of information, BPI Co. implemented the Information Security Management System on BDS ISO/IEC 27001:2006.

The strategic objective of BPI Co. is to ensure optimum efficiency of port infrastructure and services provided by the company, taking into account the balance of interests in the development of the national port system.

Contact details:

Headquarter Office- Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company:
Sofia, 69 Shipchenski prohod Blvd, fl. 1 and fl. 4
1574 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 2/ 807 99 99
Fax: +359 2/ 807 99 66
Website: www.bgports.bg/en 
E-mail: office@bgports.bg

Branches-Territorial Directorates

The Branches-Territorial Directorates of Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) aim to:

• Implement the policy of BPI Co. in the area of operation;
• Carry out navigational securing of shipping in the territorial sea, internal waterways, canals and ports water area in the region of operation;
• Construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate and maintain the infrastructure of the public transport ports of national importance;
• Maintain existing and build new approach canals, port water areas, sea and river landfills for disposal of dredge spoil, breakwaters, protective equipment and other port services for public transport of national importance;
• Exercise control, analyse and forecast the state of the port infrastructure, including the monitoring of facilities in public transport ports of national importance;
• Approving the annual investment programme of the port operators and their updates, exercise control over their implementation;
• Participate in the development of master plans for public transport ports of national importance and the updates;
• Participate in drafting a seven-year programme for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, maintenance, development and management of the infrastructure of public ports of national importance;
• Prepare, maintain and keep a register containing data on port infrastructure of public ports of national importance;
• Implement, jointly with the structures of the Ministry of Defense, defense mobilisation events in the territory to which extend their powers;
• Establish contacts with state authorities and local authorities of the territory in the area of environmental development of the region and overcome the consequences of natural disasters and accidents. 

Branch -Territorial Directorate Lom

The region of operation of the Branch-Territorial Directorate Lom is from kilometer 645 to kilometer 845,650 of the Bulgarian section of the Danube River and it has its Head office in Lom.

Contact details:
Address: Lom, 21 Pristanishtna Str, et.4,
Phone: +359 971/ 68 380
Fax: +359 971/ 66 972
E-mail: office.lom@bgports.bg

Branch -Territorial Directorate Ruse

The region of operation of the Branch-Territorial Directorate Ruse is from kilometer 374,100 to kilometer 645 of the Bulgarian section of the Danube River and it has its Head office in Ruse.

Contact details:
Address: Ruse, 22 Pristanistna Str.
Phone: +359 82/ 818 989
Fax: +359 82/ 821 862
E-mail: office.ruse@bgports.bg

Directorate Vessel Traffic Management – Danube River

Directorate Vessel Traffic Management – Danube River ensures the provision of river information services in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River on:

• Collecting, processing, storing and providing information acquired by the reporting system in the inland waterways of the Republic of Bulgaria to Bulgarian and other foreign competent authorities and stakeholders;
• Collecting, processing, storing and providing information on transport logistics;
• Collecting and storing of electronic information on the hydro-meteorological situation in the Bulgarian section of the Danube;
• Collecting, processing and storing of information about the condition and depth of approach canals and berth;
• Collecting, processing, storing and providing information acquired by the river traffic system in the interest of humans life safety, safety of navigation on the Danube and environmental protection.
• Providing information relating to the safety of navigation and to the organisation of traffic using the system for visualisation of traffic;
• Providing information to interested state bodies, organisations and individuals within the established rules;

The river information services provided by Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company are part of the international system ‘River Information Services’, implemented  in accordance with Directive 2005/44/EC of the EU and placed under the responsibilities of the Member States. For the maritime part, in accordance with the international terminology this system is called VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Management and Information System), and for the inland waterways, according to the terminology adopted in Europe - RIS (River Information Services). It seems that the Bulgarian part of pan-European services will be called BULRIS.

Directorate Vessel Traffic Management – Danube River provides the following services:

• Navigational situation - Danube;
• Hydrological information - Danube;
• Notices to skippers.
  The Directorate serves and provides information also on the systems with regulated access:
• Electronic reporting on ships;
• Positioning and tracking system.

For more information on BULRIS please visit: http://bgports.bg/en/page/113 

Contact details:

20A, Pristanistna Str.
post box No. 92, 7000 Ruse
Phone: + 359 82/ 29 84 63
FAX: + 359 82/ 29 84 61
Е-mail: office.bulris@bgports.bg

BULRIS CENTER:
Phone: + 359 82/ 29 84 60
FAX: + 359 82/ 29 84 61
http://bgports.bg/en/page/113

Directorate Port Terminals Operation

The Directorate performs the following functions:

• Responsible for the provision of port services in accordance with the existing regulations and established terminal technology and organisation, and coordinate and organise the implementation of accompanying activities at the respective terminals;
• Prepare the necessary technology cards and organise their coordination and approval lawfully;
• Responsible for the collection of prices for port services;
• Prepare and organise the conclusion of contracts with shippers and other customers of the terminal;
• Monitor, coordinate, control and be responsible for the implementation of the obligations in the contracts concluded with shippers and other customers at the respective port terminal Prepare the necessary documents and submit the applications for registration of circumstances in the ports register and the port operators register pursuant to the current regulations;
• Prepare the necessary documents and organise the submission of the applications for the issuance of certificates for operability;
• Prepare files for each vessel called the respective port terminal, and provide statistical data to the Executive Agency Maritime Administration with scope and content and timing in accordance with Regulation No. 919 of 2000 on the collection of statistical information about the port operator and owners of ports and port facilities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Contact 
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company
69 Shipchenski prohod Blvd, fl.0, fl. 1 and fl. 4
BG - 1574 Sofia
Tel.: +359 2 807 99 99
Fax: +359 2 807 99 66
Email: office@bgports.bg 
Website: www.bgports.bg/en  

Securing lasting mobility is a fundamental requirement for economic growth and employment. Freight transportation and logistics ensure Germany´s prosperity and ability to compete economically.

The future of Germany and the environmental balance of traffic are substantially influenced by the intelligent network of inland waterway, rail and road carriers. Relevant gateways between these carriers are inland ports.

Inland ports develop and operate efficient traffic and logistics infrastructure. They constitute ideal locations for industrial, trading and service businesses. The ports offerings range from the allocation of high-quality areas and properties to operating handling plants and organising efficient logistics chains.

Over 100 ports in Germany form the backbone of the Federal Association of German Inland Ports (BÖB), based in Berlin. BÖB is represented by regional working groups in every important German economic area. Specific main topics are dealt with in inter-regional committees.

BÖB is a competent contact for politics on the local, state and federal level and cooperates with significant trade associations. In this way, BÖB incorporates the interests of its member companies into the political opinion-forming process.

BÖB performs tasks and purses objectives in the following fields:

• Politics
• Public
• Institutions
• Member companies

The 89 members of BÖB manage 114 port locations throughout Germany. They are, amongst others, Bayernhafen Gruppe, Port of Frankfurt, Port of Mannheim, Port of Neuss Düsseldorf, Port of Plochingen and Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH.

Contact
Bundesverband Öffentlicher Binnenhäfen (BÖB)
Tel.: +49  30 39 88 19 81
Fax.: +49 30 3984 0080
Email: info-boeb@binnenhafen.de
Website: www.binnenhafen.de

Working together. Growing together.

IGÖD, the Interessensgemeinschaft öffentlicher Donauhäfen Österreich, brings together the four public Danube ports of Linz, Enns, Krems and Vienna.

As a production and industrial hub, Austria requires economically attractive logistics infrastructure, as well as optimal connections to the most important European seaports. Through their trimodal infrastructure, the ports of Linz, Enns, Krems and Vienna fulfil these requirements and have a substantial impact on the Austrian economy′s ability to compete. 

In addition to high-quality logistics facilities and real estate, the ports offer a variety of services for logistics and freight transport. The Danube waterway provides optimal opportunities for expansion into the rapidly growing markets in South-East Europe. The further strengthening of the Danube waterway is thus one of the key objectives of IGÖD′s activities. IGÖD carries out the following basic tasks.

• Furthering and lobbying for common interests in transport, waterways and seaports;
• Establishing contacts and working together with foreign and international associations with the same interests;
• Enhancing the public′s knowledge and improving the attitude towards the use of the Danube for the transportation of goods;
• Exchange of opinions and information between members.

Contact
Interessensgemeinschaft öffentlicher Donauhäfen Österreich (IGÖD)
Seitenhafenstraße 15
1020 Wien
Austria
Website: www.igoed.com  

Considering that inland ports were not recognised as they should be according to their great contribution to economic development, AFPI (French Association of Inland Ports) was created in March 1994. 

The aims of this association are:

• To bring out the role of inland ports in logistic efficiency, trade development, multimodal transport and employment;
• To promote information exchanges between its members and share best practices;
• To reinforce the contacts with seaports;
• To promote the multimodal transport for a more sustainable development and mobility;
• To represent the French inland ports at European and international levels.

20 ports, representing the main inland navigation basins of France, are members of AFPI today. Together, they handle more than 154 million tons of goods and 1,5 million Teu’s (2013 Statistics). VNF (Voies Navigables de France) and CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) are partners of AFPI. 

The members of AFPI are:

• Aproport
• Port fluvial d’Arles
• Port d’Avignon Le Pontet
• Port de Châlons-en-Champagne
• Port Rhénan de Colmar Centre-Alsace
• Plate-forme Delta 3 Dourges
• DPHP (Développement Portuaire de Haute-Picardie)
• Port d’Elbeuf
• Port de Givet
• Ports de Lille
• Lyon Terminal
• Ports de Mulhouse Rhin
• Pagny Terminal (CCI Beaune)
• Port de Paris
• Port de Reims
• Ports de Moselle
• Port de Strasbourg
• Port de Valence
• Port de Vienne Sud
• Port de Villefranche-sur-Saône

Contact
Association française des ports intérieurs (AFPI)
Place Leroux de Fauquemont – CS 91394
59014 LILLE Cedex
Tel.:  +33 (0)3 20 22 73 80
Email: contact@afpi.org
Website: www.afpi.org

The main objective of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens (Dutch Inland Port Association) is to bring the inland ports more to the attention of policymakers, the business community and regional development organisations. Its members are (amongst others) municipalities, provinces, chambers of commerce and port authorities. The NVB counts approximately 60 members, among which the Ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

The NVB :

• supports its members in the development of inland ports
• indicates bottlenecks as input for government policy
• functions as central point for knowledge, experience and information-exchange on economic and social importance of inland ports for the region;

For more information: havens.binnenvaart.nl

Contact
Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens
Vasteland 78
NL - 3011 BN  Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 10 798 98 40
Email: nvb@binnenvaart.nl 
Website: havens.binnenvaart.nl

Generating prosperity for Flanders

De Vlaamse Waterweg nv  (Flemish Waterways plc) was established on 10 February 2017 as an autonomous agency and limited liability company under public law for the maintenance, operation, management and commercialisation of the inland waterways of the Flemish Region. In first instance it  is the legal successor of nv De Scheepvaart, responsible for the Albert Canal, the Campine Canals, the common Meuse and the other navigable waterways in the eastern part of Flanders. Since 1 January 2018 De Vlaamse Waterweg nv also incorporates Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV and its responsibilities for the Scheldt, the Leie, the Flemish part of the canal Brussels-Charleroi and the other navigable waterways in the western part of Flanders.

In total De Vlaamse Waterweg nv takes care of 1076 km of canals and rivers, 131 locks, 800 bridges, 195 km of quay walls, 1.100 km of banks, 2.046 km of towpaths and almost 6.600 hectares of public domain along these waterways.

 Flanders as a logistics hub for Europe

Throughout history, the proximity of rivers and the sea has often been a breeding ground for economic success. Europe’s logistics hub is Flanders, where rivers flow out to the sea. Our location has many benefits, but also poses a number of major challenges. How can we further improve our mobility? How can we protect ourselves against floods? With a network of more than 1,000 kilometres of rivers and canals, Flanders holds the key. This is where De Vlaamse Waterweg nv comes in.

We operate the waterways to protect the population from floods and water shortages. With dykes, dams and pump systems, we keep water levels under tight control. Where necessary, we create additional space for water, with due care for the environment, leisure activities and the economy. We further develop the waterways network and improve the navigability of rivers and canals by dredging, adjusting locks and raising bridges. We guide barges smoothly and safely to their destination.

We also promote water transport. Up to 80% of our companies are located within 10 kilometres of a waterway. Our waterways are thus bursting with potential. We communicate this message to people and businesses. But what’s more: we also assist with tapping into new markets and support innovation, thereby building a strong future for inland navigation.

We help businesses to look at different ways of handling their traffic flow. We join forces to promote the construction of business premises along the water as well as new quay walls, thereby creating solutions for improved mobility in Flanders: because the more we transport over water, the more we help to facilitate other traffic flows. As such, we work together to chart the route to a prosperous Flanders.

Contact 
Havenstraat 44 
3500 Hasselt
Belgium
Tel.: +32 11 29 84 00
Fax.: +32 11 22 12 77
Email: info@vlaamsewaterweg.be
Website: www.vlaamsewaterweg.be

Liege Port Authority is the first inland Belgian port and third European inland port (21 millions tons in 2017). 
Liege Port Authority manages 33 ports (382 ha) and is located at the heart of the Rhine-Scheldt-Meuse basin, the densest network of navigable waterways in the world.

Liege Port Authority offers:

• access for coasters (up to 2500t) and for push convoys of two barges (up to 4500t),
• a covered dock (1 ha)
• a daily container shuttle to Antwerp & Rotterdam & Zeebrugge.

Liege Port Authority currently develops “Liège Trilogiport”, a 120-ha multimodal platform located alongside the Albert Canal (at 14h navigation from Antwerp and 24 from Rotterdam). Liège Trilogiport, the best service in the hinterland of European North Sea ports with first-class port and multimodal facilities:

• A container terminal (15-ha) (managed by Euroports/Dubai Ports World)
• Logistics zone (managed by JostGroup – 30 ha; Warehouses De Pauw, 10 ha)
• Logistics lands still available (22 ha)
• Daily container shuttle service to North Sea ports.

Set to be become a fully-fledged logistical village in the centre of Europe in the near future, Liege Trilogiport seeks to act as a powerful draw for companies using the waterways and major distribution centres in Europe and offering high value-adding and job creation opportunities.

Liege Trilogiport is therefore the ideal hinterland location for large distribution and handling centres interested in the proximity of Germany and the Netherlands.

Liege Port Authority in a nutshell: 

• 21 million tonnes (water-rail-road) (including 16 million tonnes by waterway)
• 27 km of quays 
• 382 ha of port land
• 3 container terminals 
• one covered dock (1 ha)
• one roll-on / roll-off quay 
• storage tanks for petroleum products (226,500 m3) 
• yacht harbour (120 locations)
• 19.000 jobs
• 55 million consumers in a radius of 250 kilometres
• 60% of purchasing power in a radius of 500 kilometres

Contact
Liege Port Authority
Quai de Maestricht 14
4000 Liège
Belgium
Tel.: +32 4 232 97 97
E-mail : portdeliege@skynet.be
Website: www.portdeliege.be

Established on 1 April 1999, PACO develops and manages port facilities as well as bimodal and trimodal terminals along the 176 km waterways in the province of Hainaut.

With over 6 million tonnes transhipped to and from inland waterways in 2011, PACO, together with Intercommunales of industrial and economic development of Mons-La Louvière (IDEA), Tournai-Ath (IDETA) and Monscron-Comines (IEG), continues to develop and to propose investments that will generate territorial attractiveness and economic growth.

Port tools made available to local companies manly focus on the further development of containerised traffics, the implementation of recycling activities and the establishment of infrastructures for the agro-industrial sector.

PACO’s expansion also relates to inland waterways, which are themselves called to improve not only their size, but also their accessibility.

PACO progresses towards the sizing of its future infrastructure in line with the new expansions along both the Scheldt where the navigability will increase to 3.000 tonnes and the Meuse-Scheldt cross waterway that will go from 1.350 tonnes to 2.2000 tonnes or even 3.000 tonnes,

PACO in a few numbers:

- 6.000.000 tonnes
- 45 quays, 5 inner basins
- 2 trimodal terminals (Garocentre, Mons-Ghlin (2013))
- 2 bimodal terminals (Strepy, Tournai (2013))
- Canal Charleroi-Bruxelles, Canal du Centre, Canal Nimy-Blaton-Peronnes, Escaut, Lys-Mitoyenne

Contact 
Port Autonome du Centre et de l'Ouest (P.A.C.O.)
Rue Mercure 1
B-7110 La Louvière
Belgium
Tél.: +32 64 23 67 00
Email: info@le-paco.be
Website: www.le-paco.be

Port complex - Ruse J.S.Co. is a Bulgarian port operator with 100% state owned capital. The basic activities of the port terminals operated by the Complex are:

• Transshipment of cargo - the ports in the complex are a suitable and effective connection between the water transport along the Danube and the Bulgarian national rail and road infrastructure. Most of the cargo transshipped in the port terminals of the Complex comes from / is forwarded to Ukraine (about 60-70%), Serbia, Romania and Hungary (about 20%), Slovakia, Austria and Germany (about 7-8%) and other countries.
• Cargo storage - the ports offer open and covered storage areas.
• Ro-Ro services - in Port Ruse-East there are Ro-Ro ramps for transshipment of vehicles transported via Ro-Ro ships.
• Pontoon services – the port terminals in the Complex have pontoons, suitable for commercial and passenger ships.
• Manoeuvring services - Port complex - Ruse offers services with its manoeuvring ships.
• Additional services – weighing with auto- and rail-scales, rendering services with transshipment equipment, repair shop services, supply of ships with drinking water, electricity, phone, fax.

Port terminal Ruse-center, passenger key (km. 495.800 - 494.500)

Port complex – Ruse J.S. Co. operates 3 pontoons located along the central key of the town of Ruse (port terminal Ruse-center). The key is close to the center of the town. They are suitable for both commercial and passenger ships. The width of the birth places is between 60 m. - 110 m. About 1 600 river vessels use the pontoons of the Complex every year.

Port terminal Ruse-east (km. 490.200 - 489.300)

This terminal provides a suitable multimodal connection between water, rail and road transport. As the largest port in the Complex, port terminal Ruse-east can process almost all types of cargo, including equipment with large dimensions. With its current technical equipment, port terminal Ruse-east has a capacity of processing up to 1 500 000 physical* tons of cargo per year. Its total area is 835 000 m2, and the utilized so far area is 470 000 m2. The storage area is 164 000 m2. The average depth of the basin at water mark 0 is 2,5 m. This terminal has 14 berths, electric gantry cranes with lifting capacity between 5 - 32 t. (it is equipped for transshipment of heavy cargo units of up to 64 t.). 
On the territory of port terminal Ruse-east there is a Ro-Ro ramp. In periods of intensive work, this terminal was used by about 30 000 heavy vehicles a year. The Ro-Ro ramp has 2 parking lots, with total area of 27 483 m2. Its dimensions are 112 m./32 m. and the slope is 1:8.

Port terminal Tutrakan (km. 433.000 - 432.900)

Port terminal Tutrakan provides connection with the national road network. It has a capacity of processing about 20 000 physical* tons of cargo a year. The port processes both bulk and general cargo but is used mostly for transshipment of dry bulk cargo. Its total area is 4 414 m2 of which 3 500 m2 open storage area. The terminal has 2 berth places, 1 pontoon, 1 crane with lifting capacity 5 t. The average depth at water mark 0 is 2,5 m.

Passenger port terminal Silistra (km. 475.100 – 375.400)

“Port complex – Ruse” J.S.Co operates 1 passenger pontoon in Silistra. This terminal has welcomed about 12 000 passengers a year.

Contact
Port complex – Ruse J.S.Co.
22 Pristanishtna Str.
7000 Ruse, Bulgaria
Tel.: +359 82 880 935/880 990
Fax: +359 82 825 148
E-mail: office@port-ruse-bg.com
Website: www.port-ruse-bg.com

OBSERVER MEMBER

Port Ochakov Ltd. is located on the right bank of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary between the north-eastern Ochakov suburb area and Kutsurub village. On the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 38-R of January 15, 1999 the Port was officially opened for the foreign-flag vessels. Cargo handling operations in the port are carried out since February, 1999.

Port Ochakov Ltd. is a private port with qualitative management. As a result many formalities inherent to the state ports of Ukraine are solved more easily and effectively here. Since 2007 Port Ochakov Ltd. is a member of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP).
Vessels calling at the Port of Ochakov pass through the part of Dnepro-Bugsky channel (BDLK) about 8.6 miles and through the port approaching channel (waterway) which is 2.7 miles long and 110 m wide (maximum allowed draft is up to 5.0 m). The port harbor by the area of 12.2 ha is protected with breakwaters in the total length of 820 m.

The total waterfront length is at 800 m. Five berths are put into operations. Berths No.1, 2 by total length of 338 m are designated for general and bulk cargoes. Berth No.1 is equipped with grain transshipment complex to accept river-sea going vessels, DWT up to 5000 t, daily rate – 1000 mt. Berth No. 3, 140 m long, was constructed as an universal ferry dock and allows to operate different types of vessels (including Ro-Ro). Berth No. 4 is specially designed for Ro-Ro type vessels with low ramp (1.40 m high from water level, abt 46 m long) and presently is under reconstruction. Berth No.5 is used for yachts and lighters (small tonnage barges) anchorage by total length of 270 m.

Port storage facilities include: temporary storage warehouse (TWS) No.1 – 8.8 thousand m³, storage place No.2 – 11 thousand m³, storage place No.3 – 3.1 thousand m³, warehouse “Hangar” – area 0.9 thousand m². The temporary storage area for stacked cargoes is 63 thousand m². The port has motor-truck scales with tonnage capacity of 40 ton.

Handling facilities of the port include:

• grab self-propelled cranes RDK-160, lifting capacity of 16 ton (4 units) and RDK-25, lifting capacity of 25 ton (1 unit), outreach of 10-20 m;
• truck crane KS-3575, lifting capacity of 10 ton;
• floating cranes Hanz-16/30 of lifting capacity of 16 ton – 2 units and of lifting capacity 32 ton – 1 unit, outreach up to 30 m, operating in hook and grab-crane modes (possible use for handling containers, unit cargo and bulk material);
• excavators with bucket capacity of 0.65 m³;
• motor trucks (1.5 ton, 3 units).

The port-related services, operating on the “single window” principle, carry out immigration and customs clearance, sanitary and quarantine inspection, plants quarantine control and ecological control.

The project of railroad is under development. The distance from the port to the nearest railway station (Nikolaev) is 75 km.

Projects for further development

The General plan for development of Port Ochakov Ltd. was accepted and coordinated with local authorities. The concept for the creation of the deep-water port in the Dnieper Estuary delta on the basis of Port Ochakov Ltd. was developed by the State Enterprise ChernomorNII project in collaboration with UkrNIIMF in participation with “CSMK” LLC and State Enterprise "Odeszheldorprojekt".

The plans include construction of three technological complexes: coal-ore, container and grain transshipment complexes. The overall length of eight principal and one auxiliary berths will reach 2700 m, the depth at the first stage will make 11.5 m, at the II stage – 15.0 m. There will be built 5 (including auxiliary one) berths at the first and 4 berths at the second stage of the construction.
The area of the transshipment complexes will make: coal and iron ore terminal – 49 ha, container terminal – 80 ha, grain terminal – 7.0 ha. The open container storage area will cover 22 ha.
The harborage area will be created in two stages: at stage I the vessels will approach the port using the part of the currently existing Bug-Dnieper Estuary Canal (leg 1-4) of the depth of 11.2 m and then – by 4 km long approaching channel of 11.5 m deep; at stage II the harborage area will be expanded and the approaching channel depth will be increased up to 15 m. At that, the depth at the berth will be increased up to 18.0 m.

The estimated port capacity of Port Ochakov Ltd. as per two stages of construction is as follows:

• Stage I (2012) – bulk cargoes 7 million ton (including coal –1 million ton, iron ore raw materials – 5 million ton, grain – 1 million ton); Containers – 0.5 million TEU.
• Stage II (2017) – bulk cargoes 21 million ton (including coal – 6 million ton, iron ore raw materials – 13 million ton, grain – 3 million ton); Containers – 2 million TEU.

The distance between Ochakov and Odessa is 130 km. The port has a 75 km auto route connection to Nikolaev railway station. A project of 58 km railroad spur construction has been developed to link the port to the main railway system.

Contact
Port Ochakov Co. Ltd.
Ochakivs'kiy r-n, s. Kucurub, vul. Ol'viys'ka, 1
UA - 57500 Ochakov
Ukraine
Tel.: +38 (05154) 30144
Website: www.portochakov.biz-gid.com  

The Port of Brussels, created in 1993, is a public interest body whose majority shareholder is the Brussels-Capital Region. The other shareholders are the City of Brussels, eight other municipalities (Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Schaerbeek, Saint-Gilles, Anderlecht, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Ixelles, Koekelberg, Etterbeek) and the public limited company Bruxelles-Infrastructures-Finances, a subsidiary of the Société régionale d’Investissement de Bruxelles. This privileged situation gives the port the means to achieve its goals. The port also enjoys wide autonomy which allows it to manage the port facilities in the best conditions.

The Port of Brussels endeavours to be a dynamic port authority which is open to rapid changes in the transport and logistics sector.

The port authority is above all ready to listen to port infrastructure and facility users. The team has the will to modernise the port in close cooperation with all economic stakeholders concerned.

Brussels is the second inland port in Belgium. It is a seaport which is able to accommodate vessels with a capacity of up to 4,500 tonnes. It is accessible 24 hours a day and is situated only five hours from Antwerp via inland navigation. The Port of Brussels has 12 km of wharves along its 14 km waterway. The Port of Brussels is located at the centre of a dense network of motorways and railways, and covers an area of 64 ha.

A European logistics centre

Major European companies have chosen Brussels as a distribution centre for their products in Europe. The advantages of Brussels as a strategic centre are clear: proximity of the decision-making bodies of the European Union, efficiency of passenger transport systems (high-speed train, modern airport connected to the city centre, etc), multilingualism, etc. The Port of Brussels is perfectly integrated into this model. It crosses the city from the north to the south, offering a range of installations located in mainly industrial areas, in close proximity to the historic centre.

Contact 
Port of Brussels
Place des Armateurs 6
1000 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)2 420 67 00
Fax: +32 (0)2 420 69 74
E-mail: info@port.brussels
Website: www.port.brussels

Valdaro Port started its activity in 2007 and is very active in the field of livestock feed (due to the high development of livestock activities in the province), cereals and steel transport.

Since 2007, port infrastructures have been continuously improved and upgraded. Rail connections serve the port along the entire length of the docks, and a direct connection to the A22 motorway (Brenner to Austria and Germany) is under construction.

The Mantua-Adriatic canal warrants a navigability 365 days per year from the Adriatic Sea. The canal has a draught of 3,00 mts and the infrastructural system allows Class Va Vessels, up to 1600 tons, to ship. However, the close San Leone Lock (Class Vb) allows the direct contact with the Po river, and the exploitation of its high-drought winter periods, up to the Class VIa. Furthermore, dredging works are going to be implemented, and they will ensure a 3,50 mts draft along the canal.
Since 2010, sea-river services have been set up, in order to easily link the Inland ports to the main sea ports:
A service of container transport is being implemented in 2011 from Venice by sea-river tug-barge convoys.
A Coils transport service has been implemented since 2010 by self propelled sea-river ships.

The port is now being subject to new improvements, adding new quays and stock areas.

Contact 
Provincia di Mantova - Port of Valdaro
via Principe Amedeo, 32 
46100 Mantova 
Italy
Tel.: +39 0376 204248
Fax: +39 0376 204326
Website: www.provincia.mantova.it and www.navigaportinterni.it

The port of Vukovar is located on 1335rkm right bank of the Danube and is identified as a TEN-T core network port on the Rhine-Danube corridor. Its navigability class provides access 365 days a year to all types of vessels. Direct vicinity of the Croatian road corridor Vc and the rail-road corridor X reflect the significance of the port for the region.

Within the port area, which encompasses 26 ha of space, port activities are carried out by four concessionaires that provide transhipment of all kinds of commodities including liquid and dry bulk, general cargo and heavy cargo. Besides transhipment services, port operators in the port of Vukovar also provide warehousing services offering 3000 m2 capacity of closed warehouse, 12000 m3 of warehouse for liquid cargo and 48.000 t of silo capacity for grain.

In 2007, the Port Authority Vukovar initiated a project of reconstruction and modernization called Port of Vukovar-New Port East. Project preparation including main design was supported by the EU within the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Programme (IPA) 2007-2013 and encompasses documentation for:

• Reconstruction of existing and construction of new vertical bank along a total length of 455 m
• Reconstruction and construction of new port rail track system
• Reconstruction and construction of new open and closed warehouses
• Reconstruction and construction of new port roads

Contact
Port Authority Vukovar
Parobrodarska 5
32 000 Vukovar
Croatia
Tel.: +385 32 450 255
Fax: +385 32 450 258
Email: office@luv.hr
Website: www.luv.hr

UPIR represents all Romanian inland ports along the Danube river. UPIR’s members are ports administrations and port operators. It represent 3 major maritime ports and 10 inland ports. 

The Romanian sector of the Danube is divided into a maritime sector and an inland sector. The maritime sector of the Danube starts from Sulina crossing Sulina Channel and reaching Galati port – the biggest maritime port located on the Danube. Advantages in the field of international transport are its connection to the wide gauge railway lines of Moldova, Ukraine and Russia and the accessibility by seagoing vessels with a draught of up to 24 ft. (7.3 m) directly from the Black Sea through Sulina channel via the maritime Danube. 

Very close to the Moldavian Republic border (12 km) and to the Ukrainian border too, Galati port has connections by rail, road, maritime and inland, that means Galati is so to say a pentamodal location. Galati port is connected by express road to the existing motorway Bucharest-Constanta (only 130 km distance).

There are two options for routing trains from/to the Ukraine or Russia both using the common section Galati – Giurgiulesti – Reni – Basarabeasca – Causeni – Tighina (Bender):

Route 1: Tighina (Bender) – Tiraspol – Pervomaisc/Kuchurhan – Rozdil’na – Kazatin – Kiev
Route 2: Tighina (Bender) – Chisinau –Ungheni – Balti – Ocnita –Vinnytsya - Kiev

Braila port – the second maritime port, is located only 20 km distance from Galati. 
Galati and Braila towns will be developed as an urban platform which could become the second one after Bucarest.

Almost 1.3 mile sqm and 10,368 m quay length (53 % maritime quay) are available together at Galati and Braila port. 

A Container Terminal (CT) is operational in Galati port and covers an area of 20,000 m² with a planned annual capacity of 8,000 TEU. The warehouse for stuffing (loading) and stripping (unloading) of containers, covering an area of 3,600 m², is currently under construction. It is adequate for short sea shipping and inland navigation

The main inland port is Giurgiu Port located only 60 km by road to Bucarest and near to the Bulgarian Danube Port of Ruse. A container terminal is located in the “free zone” area. 

All most each of the Romanian ports have shipyards. The biggest one (DAMEN) is located in Galati but one should also mention other important shipyards in Braila (AKER), Tulcea (AKER), Giurgiu, Oltenita, Drobeta Turnu Severin . 

Passengers terminals are available in Tulcea, Giurgiu and Bechet. 

Tulcea port is the gate to Danube Delta – the famous natural reserve. A new and modern passenger terminal was finished in 2005 for maritime and inland passengers vessels. There are also MARINA facilities available, hotels and connections to touristic sites inside reserve.

Contact
Union of Romanian Inland Ports (UPIR)
34, Portului Street
RO - 800201 Galati
Tel.: + 40 236 460660-63
Fax: + 40 236 460140
Email: office@danube-ports.ro
Website: www.danube-ports.ro

Located on the municipalities of Mertert and Grevenmacher on the left bank of the Moselle, the Port of Mertert has a total area of 65 hectares. Both docks along the port basin, on which are installed 10 rolling cranes with a lifting force of 12 to 35 tons, have a total length of 1,6000 meters. The transshipped products are mainly steel products upon arrival and departure of Arcelor-Mittal plants installed in Luxembourg, petroleum products, coal, agricultural products and construction materials.

During all the years of its existence the Port of Mertert has made the economy of Luxembourg benefit from competitive transshipping prices and proper service. It also managed to defend the interests of inland water transport whose qualities do not need to be praised (environmental protection, reliability, safety, etc.).

Inland water transport ensures a high degree of safety, especially for the transport of dangerous goods. Finally, it contributes to disburden overloaded road networks in areas with high density.

In front of the backdrop of the ideal strategic location of the Port of Mertert representing a unique site in Luxembourg comprising the three transportation modes and allowing a transshipment from river, rail and road, the company of the port with the support of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, together with their handlers, expends every means at its disposal to ensure the sustainability of the Port of Mertert. Thus, it is particularly foreseen to expand the tracks of arrival and departure of 4 railroads, increasing to 8 the number of available tracks. In parallell the connection of the shunting tracks with the tracks of arrival and departure will be achieved through double tracks. In a nutschell,

"The Port of Mertert is designed to meet the needs of the development of the economy of Luxembourg. Connections by river, rail and road contribute to its proper insertion in the trans-European transport networks."

Contact
Société du Port de Mertert S.A.
Direction du Port
L-6688 Mertert
Luxembourg
Tel.: + 352 74 04 64
Email: info@portmertert.lu
Website: www.portmertert.lu

The swiss Rhine Ports (SRH) is an independent, public corporation, owned by the two «half-cantons», Basel-Country and Basel-City. The corporation`s main role is to drive the ongoing development of the logistics and transport platform, in cooperation of the port, river and rail infrastructures within its remit and provides transport and logistics companies with the land they require, under long-term contracts. The port facilities that make up SFR are located in the half-cantons of Basel-City (Kleinhüningen) and Basel-Country (Birsfelden and Muttenz)

With annual river traffic topping 7 million tonnes, the Swiss Rhine Ports (SRH) are among the top eight major public ports along the Rhine. Their location in the Three-Border area (Germany/France and Switzerland), serviced by river, road, rail and air connections, have long made them a natural home for major international transport and logistics companies. The intermodal possibilities allow the Basel ports to be a key player in their customers supply chains, offering bespoke solutions through their seven weatherproof transhipping sheds for solid bulk liquids and a large number of mobile cranes.

2008 traffic Storage capacity

• Waterway traffic in million tonnes: 7.2 -Silo for 385,000m³ of grain
• Container traffic in TEU: 92,464 -80,000m³ for bulk goods
• Railway traffic in million tonnes: 5.5 -1,250,000m³ tank for bulk Liquids
• 250,000m² of covered warehouses
• 200,000m² outside storage area
• (container terminals / hazardous
• materials containers)
• 60 cranes with a hoisting capacity of 5 to 300 t

You will find more information on 
www.port-of-switzerland.ch

Contact
Port of Switzerland
Hochbergerstrasse 160
4057 Basel
Tel: 0041 (0) 61 639 95 95
E-Mail: info@portof.ch
Website: www.port-of-switzerland.ch 

The Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority - a joint-stock company with the majority interest of the State Treasury, is responsible for two ports that are of primary significance for the Polish economy: the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście.

The port complex of Szczecin-Świnoujście is one of the largest complexes in the Baltic area. The ports have access to a well-developed hinterland transport system, since they are part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TENT-T). They are connected with the European highway system by the A11 and A20 highways, and with southern Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the national road no 3 (E-65). Both ports have also favourable railway connections within Poland, as well as with Western and Southern Europe. As the only Polish sea ports, the accessibility to the inland shipping is an undeniable asset.

For several years, the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority has been one of the largest investors utilising EU funding in the region. In 2007-2013, both ports implemented projects worth more than PLN 600 million, co-funded by the EU. The plans for 2014-2020 are even more ambitious: the Port Authority intends to carry out investments worth PLN 1.3 billion. Another PLN 2 billion is the amount of planned investments to improve the access to both ports, which will be carried out by other entities. All this will create a new quality in the handling of cargo and investors. The priority of investment activities is to improve the accessibility of the ports and the quality of services. For this purpose, new quays are built and existing ones are upgraded for handling larger vessels. Thanks to the development of port infrastructure in Szczecin, the main quays offering services to bulk and general cargo will have a depth of 12.5 m in the coming years. In Świnoujście, the depth will be 14,5m. In addition, the ferry terminal in Świnoujście will be adapted to better serve intermodal transport. There is also the idea of building deep-water quays in both ports, in order to meet the ever increasing requirements of the market.

Contact 
Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority
ul. Bytomska 7
70-603 Szczecin
Poland
Tel. +48 91 43 08 222
Fax: +48 91 46 23 412
E-mail: info@port.szczecin.pl
Website: www.port.szczecin.pl

Vänerhamn AB is one of Sweden´s biggest port operators, handling the equivalent of over three million tonnes of goods annually. 

With five modern lakeside terminals, strategically located in the heart of the country, Vänerhamn is a key partner for trade for trade and industry in central Sweden. 

Vanerhamn AB has ports at Vänersborg, Lidköping, Otterbäcken, Kristinehamn and Karlstad. It also has operations at Hällekis, Gruvön, Trollhättan and Skoghall.

Well-developed infrastructure and excellent opportunities for combining sea transport with road and rail enables Vänerhamn to create customs solutions for import and export at the same time. 

Vänerhamn is constantly increasing its scope and commitment, and Vänerhamn today is more than just a vital link in the logistic chain. In association with its customers, it also takes responsibility for all other transport-related services, to create package solutions covering the entire chain from sender to recipient.

Contact
Vänerhamn AB
Stuvargatan 1
SE-652 21 Karlstad
Sweden
Tel.: +46 54 14 48 60
E-mail: vhab@vanerhamn.se
Website: www.vanerhamn.se

The joint stock company Public Ports Slovakia (VEREJNÉ PRÍSTAVY) having its seat in Bratislava, was established by law in January 2008 by means of a merger of the company Slovenská plavba dunajská (established in 1922) and a part of the State Navigation Authority and is dealing with:

• preparing and realising building-up of public ports along with developing of short-term and long-term conceptions of their development ;
• operation, administration, maintenance and repair of entities and facilities within the areas of public ports;
• leasing of grounds within the public ports´ areas and further activities, directly connected with handling the properties within the area of public ports;
• collecting of payments for utilizing the public ports;
• setting of conditions for further development of combined transport including handling the vehicles of combined transport;
• leasing of real estates including rendering only the basic services.

The company owns grounds in the ports of Bratislava, Komárno and Štúrovo. The company Verejné prístavy has been a joint stock company where the 100% of shares owns the state. The basic property consisting of a non-financial deposit represents approximately 593 million EUR. The overal area of the ports´ grounds represents 1,85 million square metres, in the port of Bratislava there are four basins, in the port of Komárno one basin and handling berths in all of these three ports are also on the Danube river banks.

At present, the ports offer available capacities, i.e. they are ready to accept also new investors having the idea of building-up of new technological facilities.

Contact 
Public Ports Slovakia
Pristavna 10
SK - 821 09 Bratislava
Tel.: +421 2 206 205 22
Email: vpas@vpas.sk
Website: www.portslovakia.com

The Port of Linz is represented in EFIP through IGÖD - Interessensgemeinschaft öffentlicher Donauhäfen österreich.

Linz is the largest port on the upper Danube. Roughly 5.5 million tons of goods are moved through the public Port of Linz and the Voest-Alpine works port each year. null

Thanks to targeted investments, the Port of Linz has developed over the last few years into a state- of-the-art logistics service centre. On a site of around 150 hectare, of which 45 hectare is water, the Port of Linz provides the latest facilities for the efficient transport and secure storage of goods and merchandise. The combination of a wide variety of transport routes and means of transport satisfies all the requirements made of economy, safety and the meeting of deadlines.

Contact

Tel.: +43 732 3400 4000
E-mail: info@linzag.at
www.hafenlinz.at

The National Company Maritime Danube Ports Administration Galati is the port authority for the ports (Galaţi, Brăila, Tulcea, Isaccea, Măcin, Chilia Veche, Mahmudia, Smârdan, Hârşova), work points (Gura Arman, Turcoaia) and wharves (Crişana, Maliuc, Gorgova, Partizani and Babarada), whose infrastructure it has been concessioned by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. 

The National Company Maritime Danube Ports Administration Galati is in charge of national public interest activities in accordance with the state’s legal provisions in force, under the authority of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. The company has the following responsibilities:

• Implementing the port infrastructure development programmes;
• Allowing free access of IWT and sea-going vessels to the mooring berths;
• Maintenance dredging to provide the necessary depths in the port roadsteads, on the access waterways to the roadsteads, in the port basins and at the berths;
• Renting port grounds to the port operators;
• Land and water signalization for river navigation;
• Collecting wastewater, hydrocarbon residues, garbage and sewage from vessels;
• Providing services for pleasure boats and nautical tourism, as well as services for passengers and tourists;
• Implementing the tasks assigned by the Romanian Government, resulting from the international navigation agreements Romania is a party to;
• Other port services.

The WANDA project - „Waste management for inland navigation on the Danube“

The Wanda project aims at establishing a sustainable, environment-friendly and trans-nationally coordinated approach in ship waste management – including the development and implementation of related measures – along the Danube in order to protect this water resource and its multifaceted ecosystems.

The project is funded by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme (SEE) of the European Union in Priority 2 „Protection and Improvement of the Environment“ and it will last for 3 years, until March 2012. For more information: http://www.wandaproject.eu and http://www.romanian-ports.ro/html/wanda_en.html

The CODENAV project – A system for collecting ship generated waste in the Maritime Danube ports.

The project is funded through the Sectoral Operational Programme-Transport (SOP-T), key area of intervention no. 3.3: Minimizing the adverse effects of transport on the environment.
The main objective is to reduce the environmental impact of river transport activities and improve the ship-waste management system in the ports administered by APDM SA Galati Galati, Braila, Tulcea, ports that are a part of the Trans-European Transport Network. The project duration: 2010-2011.

Improving the port infrastructure – the modernization of berths 23 and 25 (partially) in Braila Port.

The execution period is estimated to last for 24 months – the project is supposed to start in 2010.

Contact
National Company Maritime Danube Ports Administration Galati (CN APDM Galati)
34, Portului Street
RO - 800025 Galati
Tel.: +40 236 460660
Fax: +40 236 460 140
Email: apdm@apdmgalati.ro
Website: www.romanian-ports.ro

Ennshafen is represented within EFIP through IGÖD.

The Port of Enns - EHG Ennshafen GmbH unites the inter-state Ennshafen at the border of Lower and Upper Austria and the harbor area comprises the largest connected industrial construction area on the Upper Danube with a total of 3,500,000 m². 

Ennshafen has an optimal trimodal – waterway/railway/street – transport connection , due to the connection of the port area to the international transport network. It is located at the intersection of the more than 3,500 kilometre long Rhine-Main-Danube waterway with the important North/South railway connection (Stockholm-Berlin-Prag-Enns-Triest/Koper).

Ennshafen is an international top industrial location with more than 50 companies and more than 1,600 people working there, due to the modern trimodal-waterway/railway/street – infrastructure, qualified staff and, the existing recreational and cultural facilities of the region. Moreover, the container terminal Ennshafen and the Ennshafen stuffing centre with an office space of approx. 3,700 m² offer optimal expansion opportunities for the cargo industry.

All operative services, such as handling, storage, refinement, packaging, towing of ships, container loading, unloading, check or repair, are offered on location. Since the beginning of the operative port business in the year 1993, annual water cargo handling of the cargo companies has been increased from 30.000 tons to approx. 700.000 tons. New line connections in direction South East Europe are built, particularly in the container area.

Contact

EHG Ennshafen GmbH
Donaustraße 3
4470 Enns
Tel. 0043 7223 84151-0
Fax 0043 7223 84151-110
E-mail: office@ennshafen.at
Website: www.ennshafen.at

Aproport is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port Fluvial d'Arles is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port d'Avignon le Pontet is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port Rhénan de Colmar Centre-Alsace is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port d'Elbeuf is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Europort is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port de Givet is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Ports de Lille is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Contact:

Dominique Drapier - ddrapier@portsdelille.com

Port de Lyon E. Herriot is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Société des ports de Moselle is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Ports de Mulhouse Rhin is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port Fluvial de Nogent-Sur-Oise is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Ports de Paris is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port de Reims is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port Autonome de Strasbourg is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Nogent-Sur-Seine UNM is represented within EFIP through AFPI.

Port de Valenciennes is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port de Vienne Sud is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Port de Villefranche-sur-Saône is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Sarl Zone Industrielle du Port is represented within EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

D.P.H.P. Développement Portuaire de Haute Picardie is represented wihtin EFIP through AFPI (Association Française des Ports Intérieurs).

Rhenus Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co. KG is represented in EFIP through IGÖD - Interessensgemeinschaft öffentlicher Donauhäfen österreich.

Contact

E-mail: donauhafen@at.rhenus.com

Website: www.rhenus-hafenkrems.com

The Port of Vienna is represented in EFIP through IGÖD - Interessensgemeinschaft öffentlicher Donauhäfen österreich.

The Port of Vienna is the largest public port on the Danube and consists of the cargo terminals of Freudenau and Albern and the Lobau oil terminal. The passenger terminal next to the Reichsbrücke bridge and Marina Wien are also part of the Wiener Hafen group.

• Freudenau harbour (river kilometre: 1920.1)
• Albern harbour (river kilometre: 1918.3)
• Lobau oil terminal (river kilometre: 1916.4)
• Marina Wien (river kilometre: 1926.3)
• Passenger terminal (river kilometre: 1928.3-1929.3) 
  

Contact

Website: http://www.hafen-wien.com/

Commercial activities

• Manipulations of goods from and onto the vessels, road vehicles and railway cars by means of cranes and other handling techniques: container, palette goods, bulk materials, agro-products, minerals, bar steel, piece goods, heavy items 
  storage: container, palette goods, bulk materials, agro-products, minerals, bar steel, piece goods, heavy items
• Ports enable assembling of goods before transport.
• Lease of hard and non-hard areas, storages and offices
• Customs and expedition services
• The port is well connected to railway network and road network including the highway D8  Dresden - Prague . The Elbe river enables the transport into all European water networks 

Contact
Česko-saské přístavy s.r.o.
Loubská 704/9
CZ - 405 02 Děčín 1
Tel.: +420 412 589 115
Fax : +420 412 512 656
Email: info@csp-labe.cz   
Website: www.csp-labe.cz

Kędzierzyn-Koźle Terminale Sp. z o.o. (KKT) is a private inland port for containers, dry and liquid bulk, located on the Oder river (E30 European water way) in Poland. The KKT port development will positively change logistics and support ongoing change in the transportation balance moving more cargo to the inland water transportation.

More information can be found here.

Contact
Kędzierzyn-Koźle Terminale Sp. z o.o. (KKT)
ul. Zielna 37 | building B
PL - 00-108 Warszawa
Tel.: +48 22 395 73 73
Email: office@kkterminale.com
Website: www.kkterminale.com

Haven Genk has a strategic location in the Belgian province of Limburg, which is very centrally located in Europe, right in the hearth of the region spanning from Manchester to Barcelona to conveniently deliver logistic services to all major European industrial and consumer markets. Thanks to its location at the Albert Canal and given its excellent infrastructure, Haven Genk can meet all requirements to provide full handling services in a tri-modal way and door-to-door deliveries. Therefore, Haven Genk is also referred to as the extended gateway for the Port of Antwerp. Furthermore, given its location between Antwerp and the Ruhr area in Germany, Haven Genk is often considered as a hub between Germany and Antwerp where road transport is used to deliver goods to or from Haven Genk.

Besides containers, large companies as well as SME’s call upon the storage and transshipment services of Haven Genk for bulk, conventional goods and general cargo (storage open air vs. bonded covered warehouses), e.g. scrap, ferro, food products, minerals, waste, liquids… . Added value services are foreseen such as repair and cleaning services for containers, stuffing and stripping, fumigation, cross docking, etc. Through its private rail infrastructure and owned locomotives, Haven Genk is linked to the international railways. Currently, mainly rail transports to Northern Italy are foreseen. However, also other destinations are available or under research by Haven Genk (such as China, Eastern Europe, etc.) Also expedition services are foreseen, including the execution of customs related formalities.

Contact 
Haven Genk NV
Kolenhavenstraat 6
3600 Genk
Belgium
Tel.: +32 89 300 660
Fax: +32 89 300 670
Email: info@havengenk.be
Website: www.havengenk.be/en

The Port of Aalborg is one of Denmark’s leading ports, creating a production value of DKK 13 billion a year and a job effect of 9.145 full-time positions across 100 companies.

The Port of Aalborg is the main port for all traffic to and from Greenland. It’s Denmark’s 4^th largest container port with approximately 68.000 container handlings and a total market share of 10%. Furthermore, the port is also the distribution centre for oil and petrol distribution, grain and feed, and many bulk products in North Denmark and it’s Denmark’s 4^th largest port as regards to turnover with a total of DKK 198 million. The Port of Aalborg is the fastest growing business area in North Denmark and it has always about DKK 500 to 1.000 million ready for investments in infrastructure and port facilities.

Besides being a state-of-the-art transport centre that offers intelligent logistical solutions, the Port of Aalborg is home to several large international companies. Siemens Wind Power and Bladt Industries are amongst the largest, but also companies such as Royal Arctic Line, Royal Greenland, Blue Water Shipping, Carlsberg and many more have their facilities in the Port of Aalborg.

Contact 
Port of Aalborg
Langerak 19
DK-9220 Aalborg Øst
Tel.: +45 99 30 15 00
Email: info@portofaalborg.com
Website: www.portofaalborg.com

OBSERVER MEMBER

The Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports (HFIP) was set up in 2012 in Budapest as the business federation of the Hungarian Danube ports. The HFIP aims to promote the common interests and views of Hungarian inland ports on national and international levels, not only on industry but also on government level. Furthermore, the HFIP provide its members with professional information and promotes public awarness in order to understand the ports’ contribution to national and regional development. The federation also organises meetings, conferences and professional trainings to share information and expertise in order to encourage the development of efficient practices. 

Contact 
Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports (HFIP)
Frangepán str. 7
HU-1139 Budapest
Tel.:: +36 1 210 9808
Fax: +36 1 210 9801
Email: info@hfip.hu
Website: www.hfip.hu 

NORTH SEA PORT. TOGETHER. SMARTER.

Ghent Port Company (B) and Zeeland Seaports (NL) merged into the cross border North Sea Port.

North Sea Port represents the 60-kilometre-long cross-border port area of Vlissingen, Borsele and Terneuzen in the Netherlands up to Ghent in Belgium. The name ‘North Sea Port’ expresses innovation and ambition, as it goes beyond the former ‘Ghent’ and ‘Zeeland’. North Sea Port represents the North Sea region. The international name is intentional and offers the new port company and port area a unique position in the heart of Europe. The addition ‘Together. Smarter.’ emphasizes the importance for the port of close cooperation with and among clients, partners and stakeholders on the one hand and the focus on innovation and a smarter way of working on the other hand.

North Sea Port doesn’t do mass production: instead, it always focuses on the requirements of the companies and stakeholders it serves. Based on close involvement and flexibility, it does all it can to offer tailored solutions. Thanks to integrated service provision, it provides support and

stimulus where possible and where necessary. It contributes ideas and creates opportunities. In this way, North Sea Port generates growth and development, for companies, for partners and for society.

 Key figures:

• Number 3 on the list of European ports in terms of added value (13 billion €)
• Number 10 on the list of European ports in terms of seaborne cargo (62.3 million tons)
• Employment: 96,750 jobs, 525 companies
• Inland Navigation: 55,1 million tons of cargo
• Port area: 9.300 hectares or nearly 20,000 football pitches
• Maritime access: Draught: Vlissingen: 17 metres, Ghent & Terneuzen: 12.5 metres
• Number of ships: 8,700 seagoing vessels, 36,500 inland navigation vessels

 More information can be found here. 

Contact
Terneuzen offices
Port number 1151
Schelpenpad 2
4531 PD Terneuzen
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0) 115 647400
Fax: +31 (0) 115 647500 
Email: port@northseaport.com
Website: www.northseaport.com

Ghent offices
John Kennedylaan 32
Port number 3000A
9042 Ghent
Belgium
Tel.: + 32 (0)9 251 05 50
Fax: + 32 (0)9 251 54 06
Email: contacteer@northseaport.com
Website: www.northseaport.com

NORTH SEA PORT. TOGETHER. SMARTER.

Ghent Port Company (B) and Zeeland Seaports (NL) merged into the cross border North Sea Port.

North Sea Port represents the 60-kilometre-long cross-border port area of Vlissingen, Borsele and Terneuzen in the Netherlands up to Ghent in Belgium. The name ‘North Sea Port’ expresses innovation and ambition, as it goes beyond the former ‘Ghent’ and ‘Zeeland’. North Sea Port represents the North Sea region. The international name is intentional and offers the new port company and port area a unique position in the heart of Europe. The addition ‘Together. Smarter.’ emphasizes the importance for the port of close cooperation with and among clients, partners and stakeholders on the one hand and the focus on innovation and a smarter way of working on the other hand.

North Sea Port doesn’t do mass production: instead, it always focuses on the requirements of the companies and stakeholders it serves. Based on close involvement and flexibility, it does all it can to offer tailored solutions. Thanks to integrated service provision, it provides support and

stimulus where possible and where necessary. It contributes ideas and creates opportunities. In this way, North Sea Port generates growth and development, for companies, for partners and for society.

 Key figures:

• Number 3 on the list of European ports in terms of added value (13 billion €)
• Number 10 on the list of European ports in terms of seaborne cargo (62.3 million tons)
• Employment: 96,750 jobs, 525 companies
• Inland Navigation: 55,1 million tons of cargo
• Port area: 9.300 hectares or nearly 20,000 football pitches
• Maritime access: Draught: Vlissingen: 17 metres, Ghent & Terneuzen: 12.5 metres
• Number of ships: 8,700 seagoing vessels, 36,500 inland navigation vessels

 More information can be found here. 

Contact

Terneuzen offices
Port number 1151
Schelpenpad 2
4531 PD Terneuzen
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0) 115 647400
Fax: +31 (0) 115 647500 
Email: port@northseaport.com
Website: www.northseaport.com

Ghent offices
John Kennedylaan 32
Port number 3000A
9042 Ghent
Belgium
Tel.: + 32 (0)9 251 05 50
Fax: + 32 (0)9 251 54 06
Email: contacteer@northseaport.com
Website: www.northseaport.com

The Port of Seville is the only inland seaport in Spain. Its strength is its location in one of Spain's main metropolitan areas with a surrounding population of over 1.5 million, and in the centre of the generation of cargo in the south of the mainland. It is also a completely multimodal port with an optimal connection between boats, trains and trucks within the port public domain, and it has an extensive surface area for companies to set up operations. The Port of Seville is strategic for Europe, as it constitutes a main hub of the Core Network and is part of the Mediterranean Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T); and the navigable waterway of the Guadalquivir, which has been proposed for the Atlantic corridor given the great importance for Europe of inland navigable waterways.

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Contact
Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla
Avenida de Molini, 6
ES - 41012 Sevilla
Tel.: +34 95 424 73 00
Fax: +34 95 424 73 43
E-mail: sevilla@apsevilla.com 
Website: www.apsevilla.com

Port of Deventer is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Port of Zwolle is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Havenbedrijf Twente is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Doesburg is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Venlo is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Veghel is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Eindhoven is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Nijmegen is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Wageningen is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Oss is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Port of Tiel (Bedrijvenpark Medel) is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Midden-Limburg Binnenhavens is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Tilburg is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Havens Drechtsteden is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Port of Moerdijk is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Haven Utrecht is represented within EFIP through NVB (Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens).

Győr-Gönyű Kikötő Zrt. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Ferroport Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

MAHART Container Center Ltd. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Budapesti Szabadkikötő Logisztikai Zrt. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Dunai Nehézrakodó Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Dunai Kikötő Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports)

MAHART-Freeport Ltd. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Sygnus-Port Harta Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Centroport Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

ISD Portolan Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Dunavecse Port Ltd. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

SYGNUS Kereskedelmi Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Concordia Közraktár Zrt. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

BLÓKER Zrt. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Hungaria Agro Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

RWA Magyarország Kft. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

ÁTI Depo Zrt. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Baja Public Port Ltd. is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Foka-öböl is represented within EFIP through HFIP (Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports).

Port of industial park is a privately owned property as a part of the Industrial Park Štúrovo situated on the Hungarian-Slovak border on a property of 3,65 ha. It is located on the left shore of the river Danube and is connected to European river and channel network. 

Total usable length of the harbour is 200m, but further extension is possible up to 1km.

Concreted surface and buildings located next to the harbour are suitable for storage of goods like coal, wood, paper, agricultural products, but also project loads, steel and metals, construction materials and minerals.

Harbour has also access to the railway system of Industrial Park with private train, berth and concrete roads. Railway has connection to national track and to local town station where goods could be transshipped.

Contact
Priemyselný park Štúrovo, a.s.
Továrenská 1
943 03 Štúrovo
Slovakia
Tel.: +421-36-756 1355
Email:  info@ppsturovo.sk
Website: www.ppsturovo.sk/en

Port Governance Agency (PGA) was founded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia in 2013, and it is a Government regulatory body. PGA has three important roles: regulatory, professional and developmental.

Goal of the Agency is to establish a regulated system, i.e. a network of ports and terminals in the Republic of Serbia which enables free and efficient movement of goods and passengers, as well as safe traffic and transport. All the efforts and objectives of the PGA are aimed at the development of ports and international passenger terminals in Serbia.

In the past seven years Agency has achieved significant results: improvement of the legal framework, completion of the first phase of defining port areas, investments in ports and port infrastructure, establishment of the accurate data on cargo handling and passenger traffic on rivers in Serbia, successful participation in international projects, good cooperation with all waterway users as well as with international partners.

Contact
Port Governance Agency
Nemanjina 4
11000 Belgrade
The Republic of Serbia
Tel: +381 11 6556 531
Email: office@aul.gov.rs
Website: www.aul.gov.rs

OBSERVER MEMBER

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is one of the largest state enterprises, which has strategic importance for the economy and security of Ukraine.

The USPA was founded in 2013 as a result of the maritime industry reform of Ukraine to manage state property in the seaports and to use it efficiently, create mechanisms to attract investments in the port infrastructure for its development and stable business performance. There are other tasks of the USPA, like maintenance of the passport depths of the ports’ water area and ensuring safety of navigation, etc.

The USPA is part of the management of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and unites Ukrainian seaports and other infrastructure objects, contributing to the development and competitiveness of each of them. The structure of the enterprise consists of the head office in Kiev and the main representative office in Odessa, Delta-pilot and Dredging fleet branches and 13 branches in the seaports of Ukraine:

• Belgorod-Dnestrovsk Sea Port Authority
  
• Berdyansk Sea Port Authority
• Mariupol Sea Port Authority
• Ust-Dunaisk Sea Port Authority
• Yuzhnyi Sea Port Authority
• Izmail Sea Port Authority
• Oktiabrsk Sea Port Authority («Olvia» Sea Port)
• Odesa Sea Port Authority
• Mykolaiv Sea Port Authority
• Reni Sea Port Authority
• Skadovsk Sea Port Authority
• Kherson Sea Port Authority
• Illichivsk Sea Port Authority (Chornomorsk Sea Port)

Today USPA is:

• the enterprise with assets over 20 billion UAH,
• 162 units of the fleet,
• one of the largest taxpayers in the state budget ($140 mio in 2018),
• 263 berths, length over 40 km,
• over 160 million tons of cargo handled by stevedoring companies in Ukrainian sea ports (2019)
• $46 mio of capital investments.

USPA works for the state and business, covering every day the whole range of tasks in the port and at sea – starting from improving the legislative base to ensuring cargo transportation and safety of navigation.

Contact
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)
1 Lanzheronivska str.
65026 Odesa
Ukraine
Tel.:+380 (048) 775-94-97
Email: info@uspa.gov.ua
Website: www.uspa.gov.ua/en

Port of Limburg is a new inland harbor at the Albert channel in Genk, at the former Ford site. It is a specialised container terminal on a 24ha area and a total capacity of 353.000 TEU, of which the construction is aimed to be realised by 2023. Next to regular container handling and transportation the harbor will develop a broad range of value adding services, by which it can offer far-reaching all-in solutions for container traffic.

Through its unique location, Port of Limburg will become the ultimate extension of the Port of Antwerp with a perfect connection to the hinterland. By investing also in temperature controlled handling, a liquid bulk container yard, and even filling and drumming out of liquid bulk containers, Port of Limburg will overcome important barriers to inland water transportation for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and therefore become unique in its kind.

Port of Limburg will become a specialised container terminal, offering fully integrated solutions for container traffic. By investing heavily in innovation, safety, security, sustainability and a broad range of value adding services it will have all elements present to become the Port of the future.

Contact
Port of Limburg
Ekkelgaarden 16
3500 Hasselt
Belgium