Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders

Who are we?
Business plan

The business plan for the 2007-2010 period includes both permanent objectives and specific projects for that period.

The permanent policy includes:

  • Market prospecting including field work
  • Communication
  • Policy preparations and bottleneck detection including actions
  • Networking – locally and on a European level
  • Training-influx-youngsters


Specific projects for 2007-2010 include:

  • Projects emanating from:
    • Market prospecting
    • Communication
    • Training-influx-youngsters
  • Shortsea hub – Flanders Port Area
  • 10th anniversary (only in 2008)

Mission

Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders has to contribute to the promotion of transport by SSS, amongst other things to solve the problem created by road congestion and the mobility problems that go with it. In that respect the main focus is on the goods flows generated or received in Flanders, but also on the transit traffic in a European context. The increase of the market share of SSS must result in a durable solution and this as much as possible within an intermodal door/door concept.

Target groups

The groups the Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders targets are, in order of importance:

  1. A. Individual shippers and recipients, distribution centres…
    B. Umbrella organisations: export clubs and associations, OTM (the Belgian Shippers’ Council), the Association of
         Belgian Employers, Chambers of Commerce, professional associations, Unizo (the Flemish association of
         independent entrepreneurs), business centresa…
  2. A.Individual logistic organisers and forwarders
    B. Shipping agents, shipowners, stevedores
    C. Umbrella organisations: VEA (Antwerp Freight Forwarding, Logistics and Work’s Agents Association), port
         associations (private)…
  3. A.Individual road transport companies
    B. Umbrella organisations: Febetra (Belgian Transport & Logistics Association), SAV (Flanders’ Transport & Logistics),
         UPTR (Union of Professional Transporters)
  4. Service providers in port- and water-related activities: ports, inland terminals, waterway authorities…
  5. A. Authorities/policy makers on the European, federal and regional level
    B. Embassies and consulates
    C. Members of Parliament/politicians on the European, federal and regional leve
  6. Flanders Investment and Trade, MIF, ESPO, Feport, ECSA, ESC, EFI…
  7. General public and schools (social basis)