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🇮🇹 🇧🇪 MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company extends its reach into #Flanders and acquires a stake in the Port of Limburg! 🇧🇪 🇮🇹 On the huge site of the former Ford assembly plant along the Albertkanaal in #Genk, work is underway to build a new #terminal for the transhipment of #containers and isotanks. The terminal, named Port of Limburg, is the result of a joint venture between Flemish logistic players H.Essers and Group Machiels, will be able to handle 350,000 TEU per year and will focus mainly on inland shipping to #Antwerp. The entry of the world's largest shipping company, through its #logistics arm MEDLOG Transport & Logistics, was given the green light by European competition authorities this week and will be completed soon. According to Benjamin Hermans, CEO of Port of Limburg, Medlog's entry will help develop the #port as a hub in the hinterland. Check the full article below! (in Dutch) https://lnkd.in/dv892zFW Marleen Verstreken | Sophie Massagé | Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) (📷 © Port of Limburg)