Antwerp-Bruges
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.
Two-third less cocaine seized in Antwerp port in 2024
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 9, 2025 – Almost two-thirds less cocaine was seized at Belgium’s port of Antwerp in 2024 compared to 2023, the...
WeBarge to acquire Zeebrugge shipping company PortConnect
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 6, 2025 – The Antwerp inland shipping company WeBarge is to purchase 59% of the Zeebrugge shipping...
Air Liquide receives EU grant for renewable project in Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 10, 2024 – French company Air Liquide has been awarded a grant of 110 million euros from the European Innovation...
Record 9,500 kg of cocaine for Antwerp seized in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Ports Europe) December 7, 2024 – A record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Dominican Republic’s largest port...
Port of Antwerp receives first electric tugboat
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken receipt of six energy-efficient tugboats. The delivery includes...
Nearly 5 tons of cocaine seized in Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Last Friday, the local authorities seized 4.78 tons of cocaine hidden in containers at the port. As...
Port of Antwerp-Bruges sees cargo traffic up 3% in Jan-Sep 2024
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – In January-September 2024, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges recorded total cargo throughput of 210.5...
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...