BRUSSELS: Port of Antwerp in Belgium, the second largest port in Europe, is rolling out a training centre in Mumbai to offer training for port professionals in India. Temporary facilities are being used at the moment, until the new centre is ready, the company said in its press release.
Antwerp has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jawaharal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the largest container port in India, to establish the JNPT APEC Port Training Centre.
Marc Van Peel, Antwerp port alderman, and Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of Antwerp Port Authority, each presented an introductory lecture about the port of Antwerp, as a foretaste of the teaching syllabus.