Cookies
MSC PSA European Terminal NV (MPET) strives to protect the personal data of all its stakeholders. With this cookie notice we explain which cookies we use on our website and how we collect personal data from you as a result. We also explain why we use them and what your rights are in this regard.
When you visit our website, we may process personal data using online technologies such as cookies, trackers, scripts and similar technologies. In principle, these technologies aways amount to the same thing: retrieving and storing information on your device, so that we continue to use the well-known term: ‘Cookie(s)’ throughout this cookie notice. This may be (1) essential Cookies that are strictly necessary to send a message over an electronic communications network, to guarantee the security of our website or to store information about the provision of a service expressly requested by you; (2) functional Cookies that further enhance your use of our website; (3) analytical Cookies to measure and analyse your use of our website; (4) marketing Cookies to provide you with (personalised) advertisements; and (5) other Cookies from third parties that we allow on our website.
Scope
This cookie notice applies to www.mpet.be.
Who are we?
MSC PSA European Terminal NV (MPET) (“MPET”, “we”, “us” or “our”), having its registered office at Napelsstraat 79, 2000 Antwerp (Belgium), with company registration number 0552.527.539, is responsible for processing your personal data.
If you have any questions, comments or complaints regarding this cookie notice, the personal data we process of you or if you want to exercise your rights, you can contact us at infogdpr@globalpsa.com.
What are Cookies?
When you visit our website, we may process personal data using online technologies such as Cookies, trackers, scripts and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that a website asks our browser to store on your device when you visit a website or a specific page of that website. The Cookie allows that website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time and to apply them during subsequent visits. Examples include your preferred language or information about the pages you have visited.
Cookies contain at least a unique identifier of a visitor and some information about that user. Furthermore, the name of the website where the Cookie comes from and how long the Cookie remains on your device (the expiration date) are usually recorded.
Which Cookies do we use?
We distinguish between our own Cookies (so-called ‘first party Cookies’) and Cookies processed by third parties (so-called ‘third party Cookies’). Our website only uses our own Cookies, so third parties doe not have the possibility to process personal data for their own purposes. Only we have access to the information contained in the Cookie.
A further distinction can be made based on the specific purpose of the Cookie (see below). For each of these categories, we will always ask your permission in advance, unless these Cookies are essential to provide you with a service that you have expressly requested or for the proper technical functioning of the website.
Essential Cookies
Essential Cookies are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the website, such as ensuring the security and accessibility of the website. Based on the applicable legislation and due to the technical necessity, only an information obligation applies and we are not obliged to ask your consent for the use of such Cookies. These Cookies are placed as soon as you visit the website.
Functional Cookies
Functional Cookies ensure your optimal use of our website by personalizing certain functionalities. For example, by remembering choices, the preferred language or your location. You may not refuse these Cookies if you want to surf to our website, but they are only placed after you have made a choice regarding the placement of Cookies.
- Cookie subgroup: Consent
- Cookies: cookie_compliance, uxmec_cookie_compliance
- Expiry date: two weeks
- Purpose: This cookie tells the site which cookies you have accepted and prevents the display of the cookie banner on your next visi
Analytical Cookies
Analytical Cookies track your use of our website and allow us to further improve your experience. Thanks to these Cookies, we know which pages are the most and least popular and we can see how visitors move around the website. You may refuse these Cookies and therefore the Cookies below are only place if you accept the analytical Cookies (by giving your consent).
- Cookie subgroep: Google Analytics
- Cookies: _ga, _gid, _ga_DJZWMK8B04, _gcl_au
- Expiry date: 1 minute to 2 years
- Purpose: Cookies used for analytics help collect data that allows services to understand how users interact with a particular service. These insights allow services to both improve content and build better features that enhance the user's experience.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing Cookies enable (personalised) marketing activities including ‘retargeting’ (showing advertisements) on our own and other platforms. You may refuse these Cookies and therefore the Cookies below are only place if you accept the marketing Cookies (by giving your consent).
- Cookie subgroep: Vimeo
- Cookies: cfuvid, vuid, player, __cf_bm
- Expiry date: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: ID generated by Vimeo that is used to generate analytical information for the video owner who stores preferences for playback controls (e.g. volume, stream quality, subtitles).
Third Party website Cookies
When you use our website, you may be directed to other websites to request additional services, apply for jobs, view content hosted on those websites, such as an embedded video or news article. These websites may use their own Cookies. We have no control over the placement of Cookies by other websites that you visit, even if you are directed to them from this website.
Cookie control in you browser.
You can manage and delete all Cookies stored on your devices through the settings of your internet browser. We would like to inform you that disabling Cookies may affect your user experience and may require you to re-enter your preferences each time you visit our website.
Where is the data collected by Cookies processed?
The data collected by Cookies is primarily processed within the extended European Union (Extended EU*). In some cases, it may happen that the Cookie information is processed by service providers contracted by us or by third-party Cookie providers in countries outside the extended EU, in which case we have implemented additional and adequate security measures, such as contracts based on the EU standard contractual clauses.
Insofar as you have given your consent to the analytical Cookies and marketing Cookies, you also agree to the transfer and further processing of the data collected by the Cookies in countries outside the extended EU.
* Extended EU: Countries of the European Union (EU) + Switzerland (CH), Iceland (IS), Norway (NO), United Kingdom (UK).
Changes to the cookie notice.
This cookie notice may be updated from time to time without prior notice. If necessary, consent will be requested (again) when the Cookie Statement is changed.
Last updated May 2025