Geert Gekiere (Euroports): 'Making port safer at breakneck speed'

Improving the port of Antwerp’s security score by 30% in barely two years is the Antwerp port community’s ambitious target. At a recent conference of Alfaport-Voka and employers’ federation Cepa, this objective was formally confirmed. To avoid each company inventing its own hot water when it comes to security, there will be close cooperation. Five port companies will form a so-called ‘steerco’, a group that will receive a mandate from the organisations and the board of directors to work out proposals, in consultation with experts, that can then be of use to the entire group. In that group: DP World, ATS, Euroports, Katoen Natie and Zuidnatie. Geert Gekiere, director at Euroports, explains the future plans.