Information
- Type
- Organization
- Type
- https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Administrative
- Name
- Afdeling Kust
- Name
- Coastal Division@en
- Acronym
- MOW
- Parent institute
-
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie van Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust
- Address
- Vrijhavenstraat 3, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
- Contact numbers
-
- Telephone
- +32-(0)59-55 42 11
- Email
- kust@vlaanderen.be
- Location
-
- latitude
- 51.2263788
- longitude
- 2.9247625
- Description @en
- Tasks are: responsible for coastal defence; management of beaches and dunes; management and maintenance of the basic facilities for pleasure cruising in the four Flemish coastal marinas in Nieuwpoort, Oostende, Blankenberge and Zeebrugge and the coastal fishing ports of Nieuwpoort, Oostende and Zeebrugge; apply Integrated Coastal Area Management, conduct hydrographic and hydrometeorological activities in support of shipping traffic safety; management of the Oceanographic and Meteorological Office.
Expertise
- Coast defences
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 1623
- Coastal engineering
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 1634
- Coastal zone management
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 1655
- Dune management
- EIA
- Hydrography
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 4111
- Hydrometeorology
- defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus
- term code: 61019
- Kustweerbericht
- geographic terms
- ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge Harbour
- ANE, Belgium, Flemish Banks
- ANE, Belgium, Nieuwpoort Harbour