{"id":746,"date":"2023-12-18T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/ports-of-antwerp-bruges-houston-partner-to-develop-green-transition\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:02:44","slug":"ports-of-antwerp-bruges-houston-partner-to-develop-green-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/ports-of-antwerp-bruges-houston-partner-to-develop-green-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Houston partner to develop green transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px;line-height:30px\">\n<p><strong>The Ports of Houston and Antwerp-Bruges, along with other partners, <\/p>\n<p>will explore a mutually beneficial collaboration centred on importing and <\/p>\n<p>exporting renewable and low-carbon molecules.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1702872230130990-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Houston partner to develop green transition\" title=\"Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Houston partner to develop green transition\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:20px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The collaboration aims to establish a green shipping corridor and <\/p>\n<p>facilitate the exchange of best practices, expertise, and research.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The additional partners of this agreement include the Center for Houston\u2019s <\/p>\n<p>Future, Waterstofnet, Exmar and the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Houston and Antwerp are the biggest petrochemical clusters in the world, <\/p>\n<p>many Belgian and US companies are present on both sides and the long-standing <\/p>\n<p>commercial maritime connection between both ports is a backbone for <\/p>\n<p>cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Blue Sky Maritime Coalition brings together more than 120 member <\/p>\n<p>organisations, including leadership of the green shipping corridor from the <\/p>\n<p>American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), to work on maritime decarbonization and <\/p>\n<p>transportation of clean energy fuels with the other partners.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Center CEO, Brett Perlman, said: \u201cThe Center for Houston\u2019s Future, building <\/p>\n<p>on our recent trade mission to Germany and Poland in which we explored <\/p>\n<p>developing a transatlantic clean hydrogen alliance, was excited to welcome Prime <\/p>\n<p>Minister De Croo as he participated in a clean energy roundtable hosted by the <\/p>\n<p>Greater Houston Partnership.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussion highlighted opportunities for collaboration, while the MoU <\/p>\n<p>creates a framework for deeper engagement with our colleagues in Belgium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Wim Dillen, International Development Manager at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, <\/p>\n<p>stated: \u201cThis partnership is not only forming a bridge between continents, but <\/p>\n<p>is also fuelling the greening of the two most important chemical clusters in the <\/p>\n<p>world.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will pave the way for a new era of energy synergy, underlining the <\/p>\n<p>significance of international collaboration in shaping a resilient and <\/p>\n<p>sustainable future for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Port Houston Chief Infrastructure Officer and Blue Sky Board Member, Rich <\/p>\n<p>Byrnes, added: \u201cWe are pleased to be a signatory to this MoU and look forward to <\/p>\n<p>working with all partners to develop this vital green shipping corridor.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership represents a great opportunity to progress our shared <\/p>\n<p>goals of decarbonisation in maritime, environmental sustainability, and trade <\/p>\n<p>development in clean energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In November, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges chose Milence, a joint venture <\/p>\n<p>between Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, and the TRATON GROUP, to develop two <\/p>\n<p>charging hubs at the Truck Parking Goordijk and Ketenis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ports of Houston and Antwerp-Bruges, along with other partners, will explore a mutually beneficial collaboration centred on importing and exporting renewable and low-carbon molecules.The collaboration aims to establish a green shipping corridor and facilitate the exchange of best practices, e&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}