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Belgium is a country located on the North Sea, North of France. the country is a member state of the European Union (EU). Its main seaport is Antwerp-Bruges. Some of the country is included in the North Sea Port group.

North Sea Port, Yara Sluiskil pioneer cross-border CO2 capture

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – North Sea Port and Yara Sluiskil have a pioneering role in a new cross-border CO2 capture project....

North Sea Port see cargo down -11.6% in Jan-Sept 2023

Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – North Sea Port saw cargo down -11.6% in January-September 2023, registering 49.6 million tons. The...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 204.4 mln tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2023

Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – In the first nine months of 2023, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 204.4 million tonnes of cargo,...

Freight transport by barge between North Sea Port and hinterland increases to 60%

In North Sea Port, the transportation of goods to the hinterland by inland waterway continues to increase. Over five years, it rose from 54% to an impressive...

Port of Antwerp sees first-half cargo traffic down -5.5%

Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Total cargo throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 139 million tonnes in the first six months of this...

North Sea Port sees cargo transhipment in the first half of 2023, down -11%

Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – North Sea Port recorded 33.4 million tons sea cargo transhipment in the first half of 2023, down -11% (-4.2...

North Sea Port and Flemish ports recognized as European Hydrogen Valley status

Published on July 13, 2023 North Sea Port, Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Ostend have been recognised as a ‘Hydrogen Valley’ at the European level....

EU Commissioner Kadri Simson visits Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 7, 2023 – Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, has visited the Port of Antwerp and was hosted by Jacques...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches drone network

Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has launched the ‘D-Hive drone-in-a-box’ network with coverage...

Belgian delegation visits Port of Sines

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – On May 26, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Labor of Belgium,...

World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...

Port of Antwerp launches ‘D-Hive drone-in-a-box’

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – The Port of Antwerp has launched the ‘D-Hive drone-in-a-box’ project. Six autonomous drones...

North Sea Port sees transhipment cargo down -4% in Q1 2023

Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, North Sea Port reported 17 million tonnes of seaborne transhipment of cargo,...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges sees Q1 2023 cargo traffic down over -4%

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – Total cargo throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 68.7 million metric tonnes in Q1 2023, down...

Belgian-German energy summit at Port of Antwerp-Bruges

The Belgian-German energy summit took place today in Zeebrugge. This is part of the collaboration between Belgium and Germany to enhance their energy...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges stable in 2022

Port of Antwerp-Bruges holds its own in a year full of geopolitical challenges – January 11, 2023 2022 was a year of challenges for Port of...

Fluxys, North Sea Port, ArcelorMittal receive EU funding for Ghent Carbon Hub

On 8 December 2022, the European Commission announced a grant to Fluxys Belgium, North Sea Port and ArcelorMittal Belgium of 9.6 million euros for research on...

North Sea Port receives grain vessel from Ukraine

Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 13, 2022 – On September 6, 2022, North Sea Port received in Ghent a grain vessel from Ukraine. The vessel moored...

Companies start feasibility study for Ghent Carbon Hub project

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) August 19, 2022 – The companies Fluxys, ArcelorMittal Belgium and North Sea Port have started a feasibility study for the...

RUSCON completes container rail delivery to Belgium

Zeebrugge, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russian multimodal logistics operator RUSCON has completed two container rail deliveries to Zeebrugge in...

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