Dutch delay Scheldt deepening
NewsThe Port of Antwerp has expressed concern over a decision of the Council of State in the Netherlands to suspend the routing decree and one o...
DP World engaged on two fronts
NewsAt the end of this month Antwerp Gateway terminal will take delivery of three ZPMC superpost-Panamax cranes. A year ago the cranes would hav...
Zeebrugge looks for room to grow
NewsZeebrugge’s cargo traffic fell by 8.1% in 1Q/09 to 9.5 Mt with container tonnage dropping by 6% to 4.9 Mt, or 10% in units to 493,000 TEU....
European port operators post 2008 results
NewsSeveral leading ports on the North Continent range and elsewhere have reported their traffic figures for 2008...
Containers boom but conventional needs attention
NewsAntwerp is preparing the next massive container terminal complex, and steps are being taken to shore up the port’s position in the break b...
Ghent adds lo-lo containers to its portfolio
NewsFollowing a trend towards the development of petrochemical complexes nearer to the main source of supply rather than demand, the Port of Ghe...
Antwerp fine tunes but fails to find a master plan
NewsLast year container traffic at Antwerp rose by 8.2% and smashed the 7M TEU barrier with a record 7.02M TEU handled, on top of the 7% growth ...
Breakbulk breakthrough for Antwerp?
NewsWhile containerised traffic has long been Antwerp’s main dry cargo activity, breakbulk still represents a significant sector and is showin...
A tale of two terminals
NewsThe approach to terminal design and operations of the Euromax and Antwerp Gateway automated container terminals may be compared and contrast...
Uncertain times ahead for Scheldt ports
NewsThe Scheldt estuary is unusual in that it is controlled by the Dutch but its biggest port is in Belgium. The Dutch have ports on the north a...
Antwerp flushed with success
NewsWith container traffic up 11.5 percent in the first quarter of this year to 1.125 mill TEU, Antwerp looks set to maintain its recent high gr...
Confusion in Antwerp
NewsWith the ink scarcely dry on the agreement to sell Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) to PSA Corporation, the Belgian Parliament has cancelled the cons...
Naties open to foreign interest?
NewsMarc Saverys, the managing director of CMB, has hinted that daughter company Hessenatie's merger with Noord Natie may not be enough to ensur...
Antwerp boxes itself in
NewsAntwerp boasts the largest enclosed dock area in Europe, but is running out of space as users look towards tidal quays for container handlin...