Port of Antwerp

 
17 May 2013
MSC Belgium has introduced a new container release system that allows customers in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium to collect their containers quickly in a secure environment.
 
29 Apr 2013
Antwerp’s container traffic declined 2.8 percent in the first quarter from a year ago even as total throughput was up 1.4 percent on sharply higher liquid bulk shipments.
EuroFruitPort’s new cold storage warehouse.
 
18 Apr 2013
EuroFruitPorts, the refrigerated fruit terminal that recently opened in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp, has opened its cold storage facilities.
 
05 Apr 2013
The Port of Antwerp in Belgium has signed a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo to strengthen trade relations with the country.
 
03 Apr 2013
Hackett Associates and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics’ latest Global Port Tracker study predicted that container handling in Europe’s North Range ports will increase a “meager” 1 percent in 2013...
 
01 Mar 2013
Focusing on the use of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel, an “LNG Fuelled Vessels Working Group” has been established with support from the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ World Ports Climate Initiative.
 
25 Feb 2013
The North European edition of the Global Port Tracker predicted that total European imports will decrease by 3.2 percent to 20.2 million 20-foot-equivalent units in 2013, while exports are forecasted to rise...
 
22 Jan 2013
Belgium's Antwerp Port Authority and the Panama Canal Authority have reconfirmed their collaboration agreement to promote trade between the port and the west coast of South America via the Panama Canal.
Port of Antwerp container handling
 
21 Jan 2013
Antwerp’s container traffic dipped 0.3 percent in 2012 from 2011 and total tonnage was down 1.6 percent as the Belgian port managed to contain the impact of economic slowdown across Europe.
 
27 Dec 2012
Antwerp managed to limit the decline in its container traffic to just 0.4 percent in 2012 despite sharply lower imports i
 
14 Dec 2012
Stemcor, the world’s largest independent steel trader, has chosen Antwerp as its European distribution hub.
 
01 Nov 2012
Container imports at ports in North Europe will shrink by 0.6 percent to 16.40 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the f