{"id":184595,"date":"2026-04-15T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=184595"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:04:31","slug":"port-of-antwerp-bruges-ceo-jacques-vandermeiren-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/04\/15\/port-of-antwerp-bruges-ceo-jacques-vandermeiren-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Antwerp-Bruges CEO Jacques Vandermeiren steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacques<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"> Vandermeiren (63), the CEO of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, is stepping down after nearly ten years of service.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">He had been CEO since 2017 and would normally have remained in office until the end of 2029.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The Dutchman Rob Smeets, currently COO, will temporarily take over the leadership.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Next week, the port authority will start negotiations in Singapore regarding the complex Extra Container Capacity Antwerp (ECA) project, and according to Vandermeiren, it is not ideal to embark on such a monster project if you cannot see it through. 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Vandermeiren (63), the CEO of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, is stepping down after nearly ten years of service.\u00a0He had been CEO since 2017 and would normally have remained in office until the end of 2029.\u00a0The Dutchman Rob Smeets, currently COO, will temporarily take over the leadership.Next week, the port authority will start negotiations in Singapore regarding the complex Extra Container Capacity Antwerp (ECA) project, and according to Vandermeiren, it is not ideal to embark on such a monster project if you cannot see it through. 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