Antwerp: home port for specialized products. (Special Report)

Chemical Week | October 16, 1991| | Copyright

ANTWERP: HOME PORT FOR SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS

The Belgian port of Antwerp, on the North Sea at the mouth of the river Schelde, is one of the fastest growing in Europe and presents a strong challenge to Rotterdam, still the world's largest port. Although the chemical tank storage sector in Antwerp ranks second overall in Europe, it is considerably smaller than Rotterdam's--"but only if you include very large volume products, like methanol and methyl tert-butyl ether," says Lieven W. de Witte, commercial manager with Antwerp-based chemical storage firm Gamatex. "We are ...

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