Container handling company Verbrugge wants to enlarge the planned VCT (Verbrugge Container Terminal) in Vlissingen in order to be able to answer the demand for handling capacity on deep water. The surface area would have to increase from 97 to 125 hectares, and the capacity from 2,6 to 2,9 million TEU. Verbrugge and port operator Zeeland Seaports are currently still in negotiations on the construction of a 1,700 metre quay with a depth of 16.50 metres. A 350 metre quay would also need to be built for coasters and inland vessels.
Verbrugge hopes to have received the various required permits by March 2009, after which construction can begin on the first phase of the 860 metre quay. According to what Verbrugge calls a 'very ambitious, but feasible' schedule, the first ship should be able to moor at the new quay in July 2011. The planned operator for the VCT is Eurogate. Zeeland Seaports and the Port of Rotterdam Authority will form a joint venture for the construction of the basic infrastructure.
Verbrugge hopes to have received the various required permits by March 2009, after which construction can begin on the first phase of the 860 metre quay. According to what Verbrugge calls a 'very ambitious, but feasible' schedule, the first ship should be able to moor at the new quay in July 2011. The planned operator for the VCT is Eurogate. Zeeland Seaports and the Port of Rotterdam Authority will form a joint venture for the construction of the basic infrastructure.