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Container Port Operations (Antwerp)
Workshop Manual
Proceedings
Tuesday, 13.09.2005
14:00 hours
Arrival of participants
Check-in at Hotel Express Holiday Inn
ITALIELEI 2A, 2000 ANTWERP, BELGIUM
phone: +32 3 2214949
fax: +32 3 2214944
e-mail: hotel@express-hiantwerpen.com
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Wednesday, 14.09.2005 - Compensation Issues (Location: Auditorium of the Port Authority)
09:00 - 09:45 hours
Registration at the Port Authority
10:00 - 12:00 hours
Port visit by bus,
starting from Port Authority building
14:00 - 14:30 hours
Opening speech: Containerisation in European ports - current issues
Dr. Theo NOTTEBOOM,
Professor at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics of the University of Antwerp and ITMMA
14:30 - 15:15 hours

Introduction: Bird-Habitat Natura 2000
Guy JANSSENS,
Legal Consultant at the Antwerp Port Authority
15:30 - 16:15 hours
Approach of the NGO’s
Peter SYMENS,
Environmental expert at Natuurpunt vzw
16:30 - 17:15 hours
Reply Port Authority Antwerp: Ports and Nature.
Conflict analysis and Conflict resolution
Toon TESSIER,
Environmental advisor at the Antwerp Port Authority

Questions & Answers
20:00 hours
Dinner ABA
Thursday, 15.09.2005 - Port Package (Location: 103 and Auditorium at the Port Authority)
09:00 - 10:00 hours
Introduction by Dr. Eric VAN HOOYDONCK,
Professor of Law at the University of Antwerp, Advocate

The Impact of the Proposed Port Services Directive on Port Authorities

The Impact of the Port Services Directive on Terminal Operators

Alternatives for the EU Port Services Directive
10:15 - 11:15 hours
European Overview:
Port package II - Can it be made to work?
Patrick VERHOEVEN,
Secretary general of ESPO (European Sea Ports Organisation)
11:30 - 12:30 hours
Technical-nautical services:
Port Package - View of Brabo
Robert RESTIAU,
President of BRABO cvba (Dock pilots in Antwerp)
14:00 - 15:00 hours
A survey on port financing and charging systems in Europe.
Case-studies on port development projects
Dr. Michael DOOMS,
Lecturer at the Free University of Brussels, Department of Business Economics and Strategic Management

15:15 - 16:15 hours
Duration of container terminal concessions: View of Feport
Dr. Diego TEURELINCX,
Secretary general of FEPORT (Federation of European Private Port Operators)
16:30 - 17:30 hours
Port Package - Directive on market access to port services: View of the Antwerp Port
Dr. Jan BLOMME,
Director Strategy and Development of the Antwerp Port Authority

Questions & Answers
Friday, 16.09.2005 - Port Security; Seaports & Inland Hubs (Location: Meeting room of the hotel)
09:00 - 09:30 hours
Introduction: Port Security - International, US and EU Development
Guido VAN MEEL,
Advisor Strategy and Development of the Antwerp Port Authority
09:30 - 10:15 hours
Security initiatives in the Port of Antwerp & Emergency response
Harry DE BATIST,
Security officer of the Antwerp Port Authority
10:30 - 11:15 hours
Cooperation between the port of Antwerp and the port of Liège
Koen CUYPERS,
Consultant of Departement Strategy and Development of the Antwerp Port Authority

Questions & Answers
12:30 - 14:00 hours
Closing session of the workshop,
with workshop evaluation, statements and results