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Antwerp Kanaaldok B2 liquid CO2 export quay

Kanaaldok B2 quay construction preparation beside the working dock, with excavation, temporary lining, earthworks, and marine-industry infrastructure visible across the water

Herbosch-Kiere

Port of Antwerp-Bruges is building a 362-metre liquid CO2 export quay at Kanaaldok B2, but the marine civil schedule now runs ahead of several export-chain decisions. Quay works are planned through March 2027, while Fluxys c-grid's 2026 network plan makes the terminal connection conditional on technical and economic justification and signed contracts, and references a mid-2029 operational horizon in its current terminal-planning language.

Project signal

Construction in Belgium

Treat the quay as a confirmed marine-enabling package within the wider Antwerp@C chain, while keeping the EUR 22 million quay contract, EUR 144.6 million EU grant for common CO2 transport and export infrastructure, terminal systems, pipeline operation, and future offshore storage services as separate commercial and delivery layers.

Current status Quay-wall construction and marine works in progress Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Belgium / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Quay-wall construction and marine works in progress / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

15 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Delivery parties
Hens NV, Herbosch-Kiere NV
Contract route
EUR 22 million quay-wall works contract delivered by the Hens-Herbosch-Kiere joint venture; the wider Antwerp@C CO2 Export Hub has separate EU-backed terminal, pipeline, and operating arrangements
Execution window
Quay works run from September 2025 to early March 2027. The owner schedule places piling in January-April 2026, concrete quay-wall construction in January-October 2026, and old-quay demolition and dredging in April 2026-January 2027.
Works package
Construct a 362-metre quay wall at berths 770-772 for seagoing liquid CO2 carriers, including a water-retaining barrier, piling, concrete quay works, demolition of existing pavement and quay infrastructure, dredging, and integration with the adjacent export-terminal plot.
Marine interfaces
The package joins active-dock piling, earth and water retention, concrete quay construction, old-quay demolition, dredging, berth geometry, mooring, marine loading, vessel access, terminal storage and liquefaction, the port-area CO2 pipeline, and onward shipping to permanent North Sea storage.
Commercial read
The EUR 22 million marine construction package is awarded and in progress, but its March 2027 works endpoint is not the export-service start. The latest network plan keeps the terminal connection dependent on technical and economic justification and signed contracts; the May 2026 vapor-quality specification is explicitly non-binding. Berth acceptance, liquid-CO2 loading systems, terminal investment and commissioning, pipeline connectivity, carrier availability, receiving-storage access, and contracted customer volumes remain separate commercial and delivery gates.
Next milestone
Verify completion of quay-wall concrete works through October 2026 and old-quay demolition and dredging through January 2027, then track berth handover, binding CO2 interface requirements, terminal final investment decision, Phase 1b pipeline connection, marine-loading acceptance, first carrier call, exported volume, and confirmed storage injection.

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

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The port published an updated CO2 quality interface

The 21 May specification defines a current vapor-network baseline and supersedes the October 2023 version, but it is explicitly non-binding. Terminal, loading-arm, carrier, liquid-product and storage compatibility remain unconfirmed.

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Fluxys separated the terminal connection into network Phase 1b

The 2026 network plan makes the terminal link conditional on technical and economic justification and signed contracts, and references mid-2029 in its current terminal-operational planning language. It is not a terminal final investment decision or commissioning confirmation.

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Flanders appointed the local CO2 network operator

The 20-year appointment established Fluxys c-grid Antwerp's regulated network role while the first port-area pipeline was already under construction. It did not confirm terminal investment, customer contracts, marine loading, export service, or stored volume.

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Kanaaldok B2 quay construction entered its works window

The owner and contractor place the 362-metre quay package in execution from September 2025, with piling, concrete, demolition, and dredging sequenced through early 2027. Start of works is not berth handover or export readiness.

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The port defined four separate export-chain packages

The owner separated capture, the open-access pipeline backbone, phased liquefaction terminal, and a quay for two simultaneous seagoing vessels. That interface map clarifies dependencies; award, completion, commissioning and carrier availability remain open.

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CINEA handed over the EU grant agreement

The EUR 144.6 million grant agreement supported shared transport, liquefaction and export infrastructure under a June 2027 action frame. Grant execution is not the EUR 22 million quay award, terminal final investment decision, construction completion, or operation.

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The EU funding selection moved the hub toward investment

Air Liquide, Fluxys and the port announced CEF support for an open-access pipeline, liquefaction, buffer-storage and marine-loading system. The announcement described a step toward final investment decision, not the decision itself or physical delivery.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Verify completion of quay-wall concrete works through October 2026 and old-quay demolition and dredging through January 2027, then track berth handover, binding CO2 interface requirements, terminal final investment decision, Phase 1b pipeline connection, marine-loading acceptance, first carrier call, exported volume, and confirmed storage injection.

Decision watchpoints

  • Quay-wall concrete and pile acceptance
  • Old-quay demolition and dredging progress
  • Berth depth, mooring, and marine-loading acceptance
  • CO2 pipeline and liquefaction-terminal commissioning
  • First carrier call and evidenced export volume
  • Alignment with receiving transport and North Sea storage capacity

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Evidence reviewed 15 July 2026 Sources in this record 10

Source record

Port of Antwerp-Bruges identifies Kanaaldok B2 as an in-progress quay project running from 15 September 2025 to 1 March 2027, with a water barrier, piling, quay-wall concrete, old-quay demolition, and dredging. Herbosch-Kiere identifies the 362-metre quay, Hens-Herbosch-Kiere joint venture, EUR 22 million total tender value, and early-2027 completion. The owner's April 2025 explanation separates capture, a port pipeline backbone, a phased 2.5-to-10-Mtpa liquefaction terminal, and a quay intended to load two seagoing vessels at once. CINEA and Air Liquide establish the EUR 144.6 million EU-backed common infrastructure and June 2027 grant-action frame; those records do not prove final investment decision or operation. Fluxys confirms that the first port-area CO2 pipeline was under construction when c-grid Antwerp received a 20-year local-network appointment in March 2026. Its 2026 Network Development Plan makes the terminal connection a separate Phase 1b package subject to technical and economic justification and signed contracts, and contains compressed wording linking terminal planning to a mid-2029 operational horizon; That sentence is not a firm commissioning commitment. The 21 May 2026 CO2 quality specification supersedes the October 2023 vapor specification but is explicitly non-binding and does not constitute liquid-terminal, ship-loading, carrier, or storage acceptance.

Phase: construction. Evidence reviewed: 15 July 2026.

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