PH Embassy in Brussels Meets with Officials of Belgian Infra Company Jan De Nul
Philippine Ambassador to Belgium Jaime Victor B. Ledda tries out a dredging ship simulator during a visit on 20 March 2023 to the headquarters of Belgian infrastructure firm Jan de Nul in Aalst, Belgium. (Brussels PE photo)
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2023 – Philippine Ambassador to Belgium Jaime Victor B. Ledda, together with other officials from the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, met with officials of Belgian infrastructure firm Jan De Nul on 20 March 2023 at the company’s headquarters in Aalst, Belgium.
The itinerary included watching a short video of the services that Jan De Nul provides as well as a tour of the company’s facilities, which included its fabrication workshops, product design area, and simulator rooms.
During the subsequent lunch meeting, Ambassador Ledda participated in a discussion on how Jan De Nul can help develop the Philippines, specifically in dredging and reclamation projects, using the shipbuilding facilities in Subic to build its ships, as well as renewable energy initiatives such as off-shore wind farms.
Tracing its roots to 1849, Jan De Nul was part of his family’s fourth generation engaged in the building contracting business when he established the limited-liability company PVBA Jan De Nul in 1938. From an initial contract to build a civil hospital and monastery in Ninove, Belgium, the family-owned company, now in its sixth generation, has grown through the decades to become a world leader in dredging, reclamation, and the construction of off-shore wind farms. In the Philippines, Jan De Nul previously participated in the reclamation project in the vicinity of the Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The firm is currently involved in a similar project in Navotas City.
Jan De Nul Area Manager Didier Cartrysse, First Secretary Charles Andrei P. Macaspac, Commercial Counsellor Magnolia Misolas-Ashley, Third Secretary Ma. Filonila T. Alcaraz-Arguelles, Jan De Nul Director of International Division Mieke Fordeyn, Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda, Jan De Nul Area Director David Jonckheere, and Jan De Nul Senior Business Development Manager Carl Heiremans pose for a photo during the visit on 20 March 2023 of Philippine Embassy officials to the headquarters of Belgian infrastructure company Jan De Nul in Aalst, Belgium. (Brussels PE photo)
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