Antwerp Europa expansion gets go-ahead

Port of Antwerp-Bruges partners with Namport to develop a EUR 250M hydrogen export hub in Walvis Bay, leveraging Namibia’s solar energy advantage.

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges says the container throughput is picking up again despite ongoing challenges and uncertainties in the market.

Leveraging its strategic location within Europe’s largest chemical cluster, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges believes it is equipped to seamlessly accommodate methanol bunkering operations.

“We do not sell these products ourselves; it is the demonstrators themselves that decide who they partner up with,” the port said in the statement to WorldCargo News.

Under the MoU, parties will collaborate to enhance infrastructure for the provision and bunkering of alternative fuels, such as green methanol.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges already has the necessary infrastructure for receiving various hydrogen carriers such as methanol, ammonia and methane.