Last updated: May 28, 2025
Port of Antwerp-Bruges (hereinafter "POAB", "we" or "us") places great importance on the protection of personal data. Personal data is any information about an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject", "you" or "your"). Your personal data will always be protected by us in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, of the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation or "GDPR"), including any applicable current or future national or international legislation implementing or replacing the GDPR (hereinafter collectively "Applicable Privacy Legislation").
This notice regarding the processing of your personal data (hereinafter "privacy statement") has been prepared to clearly inform you about the processing of your personal data and your rights as a data subject. Please read this document thoroughly and contact us with any questions via the contact details in title 9 below.
This privacy statement applies to the processing of personal data of the following categories of data subjects:
• Inland shipping entrepreneurs who declare via the form to be the owner of a vessel
• Third parties in whose name invoices for port dues are issued
• Inland shippers who deposit their waste in the waste parks of POAB
2.1 The responsible party for this processing is POAB.
2.2 The Data Protection Officers of POAB can be reached via dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com.
| Purpose | Personal data | Legal basis |
| Communication with the owner or third-party payer relating to port dues, water bunkering, or waste collection | Name and surname Address Phone number E-mail address | Legal obligation: – Port fees: art. 15 Port Decree, – Waste collection: art. 41 Decree on sustainable management of material cycles and waste, In case of water bunkering: contract |
| Calculation of port dues and payments within the framework of the cost recovery system for waste collection | Name and surname Address Phone number E-mail address Ship data (FD number, ENI number, MMSI number, current and previous name of the ship, type, flag, year of construction, tonnage, length, width, measurement certificate number, IMO number, TEU) | Legal obligation: – Port fees: art. 15 Port Decree, – Waste collection: art. 41 Decree on sustainable management of material cycles and waste |
| Obligation of POAB to communicate the waste register to OVAM regarding the collected, retrieved, disposed of, or usefully applied waste from inland shippers | Name ENI number of the inland ship of the waste producer involved in the waste stream | Legal obligation: - Art. 6§1 Materials Decree - Art. 7.3.4.1. VLAREMA - Art. 7.5.1 VLAREMA |
| Invoicing related to port dues, drinking water bunkering, or waste | Name and surname Address Email address Bank account number VAT number | Contract |
The data subject is required to provide personal data to calculate port dues and payments within the framework of the cost recovery system. If the data subject does not provide personal data, they cannot use drinking water bunkering.
POAB processes personal data originating from the owners of the vessels. The owner sends us either their own data or data about the third-party payer. POAB does not have other sources of personal data.
Upon explicit request, personal data is passed on to government services, such as the City Port Service, maritime police, Flemish Waterway, OVAM.
Your personal data is not transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If you wish to receive more information or a copy of these guarantees, please contact us at the following email address: dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com.
POAB will retain your personal data as long as necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned in article 3. Afterwards, the personal data will be deleted/anonymized.
For more information on this, you can always contact dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com.
In accordance with the Applicable Privacy Legislation, you can exercise the following rights (if and to the extent applicable):
You can exercise these rights by sending an email to dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com. We will handle your request in accordance with the Applicable Privacy Legislation.
Finally, you also have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority:
Data Protection Authority
Rue de la Presse 35, B-1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 274 48 00
+32 (0)2 274 48 35
contact@apd-gba.be
https://gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/
POAB is responsible for collecting and using your personal data as described in this Privacy Statement. You can contact us via dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com.
Contact details for the Data Protection Officer (DPO): dpo@portofantwerpbruges.com.
We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time to comply with business, legal, or technical developments. When we update our Privacy Statement, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, depending on the significance of the changes and the legal requirements in this regard.