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The Brussels Port Authority’s container terminal: the ups and downs of Public-Private Partnerships

par Mattijs, Jan
Référence Strategic Change Management in the Public Sector: An EFMD European Case Book, wiley, page (27-53)
Publication Publié, 2015-01

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Brussels is part of a very dense and highly meshed waterway network. Nowadays, the canal runs through Brussels and connects to the south-west with Wallonia and northern France, and to the north-east with Antwerp and Rotterdam. Port installations are spread all along the canal through Brussels. There was a period of hesitation in Brussels, where an important part of the political opinion wanted to dispense with a port and to gradually close down any industrial activities located there. This tendency is compounded by the real estate pressure: in a capital city with closed boundaries like Brussels, there is tremendous pressure to use land for office or housing projects. This chapter describes challenges and strategic issues faced by Brussels port authority. Its objective is to manage and develop in an optimal way the harbor activity, within the framework of our management autonomy.