Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders

Who are we?
Working group

The activities of the Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders are guided by the Shortsea Shipping working group chaired by Joke Lievens. In the working group both the private and the public sector are represented:

a) Flemish government

• Flemish Government
  Department of Mobility and Public Works
  Administration for Waterways and Maritime Transport
• Autonomous agencies of the Flemish government:
  • Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV
  • De Scheepvaart NV

b) Federal government

• Ministry of Transport, Department of Maritime Affairs

c) Flemish ports

• AGHO – Autonomous Municipal Port Authority Ostend
• Municipal Port Authority Antwerp
• GAB – Port Authority Ghent
• MBZ NV – Port Authority Bruges-Zeebrugge

d) Flemish port associations

• ABAS – Professional Association of Antwerp Master Stevedores and Port Operators
• Alfaport – an association of five coordinating organisations of Antwerp port users
• Antwerp Shipping Federation
• APZI / Port of Zeebrugge Interest Association
• Belgian Shipowners’ Association
• Ghent Port Federation
• AG Port of Oostende
• Antwerp Freight Forwarding, Logistics and Work’s Agents Association (VEA)

e) Promotion Inland Navigation

Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders operates under the umbrella of Promotion Inland Navigation Flanders.

f) Shortsea Promotion Centre Flanders

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