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Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheld. It is operated by Port of Antwerp-Bruges which manages Europe’s second largest port.

Port of Antwerp completes first dredging of Southern Canal Dock

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp has completed the first stage of the dredging of the Southern Canal Dock at the...

Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...

Two tonnes of cocaine seized in Antwerp

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – Belgium police seized 1,963 tonnes of cocaine hidden in two separate containers in the port of Antwerp on May...

Antwerp Euroterminal installs cold ironing

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) is installing the first shore power connection for seagoing vessels in Belgium...

Antwerp Euroterminal installs the first shore power connection

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) has installed the first shore power connection (cold ironing) for seagoing...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges presents “Methatug”!

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has introduced the Methatug, a tugboat which runs on methanol. It’s is...

Bloomberg: Cocaine superhighway to Europe

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Cocaine seizures through Antwerp port have grown more than 20-fold over the last decade,...

Port Security Corps in the port of Antwerp sees success

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – The creation of the Port Security Corps in the port of Antwerp a year ago has increased security checks and...

Berlin hosts anti-drugs event with Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam

Berin, (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Last week, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser hosted a meeting in Berlin with Dr Peter Tschentscher,...

Conference: Drug related organised crime - an EU judicial challenge

La Hulpe, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – Drug-related organised crime goes beyond national borders and requires a cross-border, collaborative...

Port of Antwerp Bruges sees improved Q1 24 traffic

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled a total of 70.4 million tonnes of cargo in Q! 2024, up +2.4% compared...

Six tonnes of cocaine seized near Antwerp port

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Cocaine weighing 5,922 kg was seized on April 10 during a raid by special units on a warehouse on an...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges to receive EU grant for cold ironing

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges will receive a European grant of €3.2 million for an OPS (onshore power...

One tonne of cocaine seized in Le Havre port

Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – French customs seized more than 1,000 kg of cocaine in the country’s second-largest port of Le Havre...

Container transport in rail freight transport in Germany, 2005-2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM – Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität) has...

DEME publishes improved financial results for 2023

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV) has published financial results for 2023. A...

Nokia, Liberty Global partner on Network-as-a-Service technology in Port of Antwerp

Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – Nokia and Liberty Global have announced a partnership in which Liberty Global’s Belgian subsidiary...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges ordered to pay €41 million to DP World

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A split ICSID tribunal has ordered the Port of Antwerp-Bruges to pay €41 million plus costs and...

St. Petersburg port and drugs

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – More than 1,200 kg of cocaine was seized in the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January in a...

Eurostat: Top 10 cargo ports in the EU

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023. It...

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