This company profile shows in a nutshell what Ghent Port Company and port of Ghent represent.
Company profile
Ghent Port Company ampc
Ghent Port Company ampc manages the port of Ghent. As an autonomous municipal port company, it sees to it that the necessary and adequate infrastructure is present for a smooth handling of shipping and cargo traffic. It also makes sure that a favourable social and economic climate is created for the companies that are active in the port or wish to establish themselves there. Ghent Port Company counts 160 staff members.
Port of Ghent
7,09 billion Euros of added value / integrated steel mill, largest one in Europe / Europe's largest bio port / prominent port for dry and liquid bulk / largest fruit juice terminal in Europe / waste becomes raw material / largest newsprint mill in the world / coal terminal, largest added value in Europe / forest products / scrap and recycling centre / largest grain storage capacity in Europe / assembly factories for cars and trucks / congestion-free roads / 100% multimodal.
Basic figures
Cargo traffic: 48 million tonnes of goods (seaborne cargo traffic: 27.3 million tonnes; inland navigation traffic: 20.7 million tonnes) transported on board of 18,324 vessels (3,466 seagoing vessels; 14,888 inland vessels)(2010).
Ghent-Terneuzen canal: no tides, 18 nautical miles long, accessible to Panamax vessels up to 92,000 DWT having a maximum length of 265 metres, a beam of 37 metres and a draught of 12.5 metres.
5 docks: Grootdok, Sifferdok, Mercatordok, Rodenhuizedok and the recent Kluizendok (600 hectares of industrial sites).
Port area: 4,700 hectares or almost 10,000 football pitches, 28 km of quay walls, 140 km of roads, 220 km of railway tracks.
Employment: 68,751 jobs (28,042 direct and 40,709 indirect jobs) in 300 companies (Source: National Bank 2008).
Added value: 7,09 billion Euros (Source: National Bank 2008).
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