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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.24 - Cargo handling
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Terminal operator DP World will invest some 270 million Euro in Antwerp which will create 300 new jobs between now and 2020. At this moment, DP World Antwerp has 850 employees handling some 2 million containers per annum. The new employees will increase handling capacity to 2,7 million containers per annum. The initial phase of the plan involves 100 new jobs, mainly in 'skip-loading'.
Sources
13 November 2015: De Standaard
13 November 2015: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2015), DP World Antwerp, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 85551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85551.
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