Antwerp Port Authority acquires General Motors site

Port of Antwerp: Former General Motors site will be developed to attract manufacturing industry and to create value for the region

Antwerp Port Authority yesterday announced that it can now purchase the Opel site, the location of the former General Motors production plant in the Antwerp port area. It plans to develop the entire 96-hectare site so as to attract manufacturing industry in the heart of this vast industrial, (petro)chemical, logistic and maritime complex.

The site located on the right bank of the Scheldt has excellent links with the hinterland thanks to direct connections to the road, rail and inland waterway networks. The port of Antwerp is also connected to the main European pipeline networks.

In this particular case Antwerp Port Authority will focus on integrated development, as the size of the site and its location present a rare opportunity. With this in mind each project proposed for the site will be considered in terms of the added value that it can create for the region.

To promote the further development of the port, Antwerp Port Authority continues to invest from a long-term perspective. This includes a number of strategic projects such as the construction of the Deurganck dock lock (which when it is completed will be the largest in the world, securing accessibility on the left bank), further expansion of the port area on the left bank, development of new logistics parks (Waasland and Schijns Logistics Parks), and participation in hinterland hubs. Clearly the development of the former General Motors site belongs in this category and is of great strategic importance.

The port of Antwerp has a number of unique advantages for the development of profitable industrial and logistical activities. In particular the largest oil and chemical cluster in Europe, home to big names such as Exxon Mobil, Bayer, Total, Ineos, Evonik, BASF and many others. State-of-the-art facilities, highly trained personnel and a huge amount of tank storage capacity go hand-in-hand with excellent hinterland connections by varied modes.

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