Book 1 - The Naties during the Ancien Regime; Origin and development of the natie system; Organisation of the naties during the Ancien Regime --- The Natties reorganise ( 1814 - 1869 ): Natties after French rule; Trade and port traffic in the years 1840 to 1855; Every start-up is difficult - the establishment of the Katoen natie ( Cotton Handler's Natie ); First activities; Residence of the first partners and establishment of the first office --- Promotion of the Port of Antwerp to the status of world port ( 1870 - 1914/1918 ): Advent of the stevedores; KN has building plans; Internal organisations; Further expansion; KN remains a general partnership; The young KN among the other naties; Naties and the Great War --- Breakthrough of the port ( 1919 - 1939 ): Expansion; A new era for the naties?; Expansion after WW1; KN becomes a co-operative company; KN in the roaring twenties; The natie issue in the 1920's; Antwerp, the cheapest and the quickest?; KN in the 1930's; KN customers; KN and the mobilisation --- Working in Wartime ( 1940 - 1944 ): The KN adapts --- Upheavals in the port ( 1945 - 1960 ): Post War; Trouble with the Magasins Argentins; Question of the establishment of a sister company; Continuation of the co-operative; Expansion of the port and the transformation of dock work; The first naties penetrate the North Docks; The RETRAMA Affair; Behind the scenes Book 2 - Revolution in goods handling; Expansion of the traditional storage function; The takeover of De Koophandel Natie sv; Careful steps on the Left bank; KN joins forces with a stevedoring company; Advance in the Northern Docks; KN results in the 1970's; Economies of scale in the port; KN oldest subsidiaries; Seaport terminals nv in difficulties; Definitive move to water; etc...