Antwerp
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.
More than 4.5 tonnes of cocaine seized in Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – More than 4.5 tonnes of cocaine, hidden in a container with bananas were seized by customs officials...
Italian-Colombian anti-drug operation leads to high profile arrests
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – Co-operation between the Italian authorities, Colombian law enforcement, and Europol has led to the arrests...
Port of Antwerp-Bruges reports improved Q3 2024 cargo traffic
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – After nine months, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges recorded total cargo traffic of 210.5 million tonnes, a...
Eurostat: Maritime transport statistics – short sea shipping of goods at port level – 2022
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Eurostat has published statistics for short sea shipping (SSS) statistics in the European Union...
Shortlisted for ESPO Award’24: Antwerp-Bruges port
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The ESPO Award’24 is about “Port projects or strategies in the field of circular economy that...
Antwerp and Rotterdam fight the “PIN code fraud”
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Europe’s two largest container ports – Netherlands’ Rotterdam and Belgium’s Antwerp...
Port of Antwerp drones have carried out at least 7,000 operations
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges drones network has already carried out at least 7,000 operations in recent...
Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Gothenburg, Huelva, and Sevilla vie ESPO Award’24
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 27, 2023 – Projects of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges (Belgium), Port of Gothenburg (Sweden), Port of Huelva and Port...
62 kg of cocaine seized in Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – 62 kg of cocaine hidden in a container with bananas from Costa Rica were seized on September 20 by...
Colombia seizes cocaine bound for Antwerp, Belgium
San José, Costa Rica (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The authorities have seized around 1 ton of cocaine hydrochloride hidden in a shipment of...
PSA Antwerp, Port of Antwerp-Bruges develop the Europa Terminal
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Since the beginning of last year, PSA Antwerp and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges have been working to...
43 kg of cocaine seized in Antwerp port – again a teenager arrested
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Customs officers found 43 kg of cocaine, with a street value of between 1.3 and 3 million euros in...
800 kg cocaine for port of Antwerp seized in Columbian port of Buenaventura
Buenaventura, Colombia (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – 796 kilograms of cocaine destined for the Belgium port of Antwerp was discovered in Columbia’s...
3,200 kg of crystal meth seized in Rotterdam port, Antwerp also
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 27, 2024 – An all-time record quantity of 3,200 kg of methamphetamine (crystal meth) was sized by...
Ports of Indiana, Port of Antwerp-Bruges sign agreement
News – Ports of Indiana, Port of Antwerp-Bruges partner to pursue economic initiatives, container trade and green shipping – July 17, 2024...
More than 4 tonnes of cocaine for Antwerp seized in Paraguay
Asuncion, Paraguay (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – More than 4 tonnes of cocaine bound for Belgium’s port of Antwerp were discovered on July 16 by...
Port of Antwerp-Bruges sees total cargo traffic up +3% in H1 2024
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges reported total cargo handled of 143.2 million, up...
XPO starts transport corridor between Antwerp, Belgium, Istanbul
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – XPO, a leading provider of sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions, is expanding its multimodal...
Maersk Europe Market Update – July 2024
Ocean and Key Ports Update – July 18, 2024 As the situation in the Red Sea remains highly volatile, and continues to stretch into the third quarter of 2024,...
Nine ports vie ESPO Award for circular economy projects
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Nine ports, five from Spain, will compete for the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award 2024...