Vlissingen
Vlissingen is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. The Dutch Zeeland Seaports (Vlissingen and Terneuzen) and the Flemish/Belgian port of Ghent merged in January 2018 to form North Sea Port.
LBC Tank Terminals acquires Evolution Terminals, Vlissingen
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) December 1, 2024 – LBC Tank Terminals has completed the acquisition of Evolution Terminals in Vlissingen. LBC will...
1,575 kg of cocaine seized in Dutch Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – 1,575 kg of cocaine, valued at 118 million euros was seized in the Dutch port of Vlissingen on...
Two cocaine shipments, 720 kg and 755 kg, seized in Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Two cocaine shipments in containers full of bananas from Ecuador were seized in the Netherlands’...
North Sea Port sees nine-month cargo slightly up
Gent, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, North Sea Port handled 50.3 million tons of seaborne cargo...
334 kg of cocaine in bananas seized in Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – The customs special task force (TBB) at the Netherlands’ port of Vlissingen seized 334 kg of...
180 kg of cocaine in 4 containers seized in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 28, 2024 – A total of 180 kg of cocaine in four containers were seized by Dutch customs officers at...
North Sea Port upgrades rail in Verbrugge Zeeland Terminal
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – The Verbrugge Zeeland Terminal in Vlissingen has started operating two newly lengthened...
24 kg of cocaine seized from a coal ship in Ghent port
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – 24 kg of cocaine was discovered on August 20 in a Colombian coal ship at the North Sea Port in Ghent,...
Port managers in drugs trial in Breda, Netherlands
Breda, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – The trial started of three directors of a Vlissingen port terminal company last Thursday. They are...
49% less cocaine seized in Belgium’s Antwerp port in H1 24
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Belgian customs seized 22.3 tonnes of cocaine in Antwerp Bruges port in the first half of the year, which...
Cocaine seizures in the Netherlands declined 42% in H1, 2024
The Hague, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The Netherlands’ customs and law enforcement officers seized 42% less cocaine in the first...
3,000 kg of cocaine found in a crane in Moerdijk port
Moerdijk, Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Some 3,000 kg of cocaine were discovered by harbour police hidden in a telescopic crane in a...
3,600 kg cocaine in bananas seized in Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – Customs officials at the Netherlands’ port of Vlissingen seized a record 3,600 kg of cocaine,...
500 kg of cocaine seized in the Dutch port of Vlissingen
Vlissingen, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) May 25, 2024 – Customs officials at the Netherlands’ port of Vlissingen seized almost 500 kg of cocaine on...
EU to fight drugs in ports – Antwerp in focus
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – To combat the tsunami of drugs flooding European ports, on January 24 senior representatives from some 20...
North Sea Port wins ESPO 2023 award
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – North Sea Port won the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award 2023 in recognition of its role...
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....
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,...
North Sea Port rail link takes containers and trailers off the roads
Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – A new service whereby trains run from Ghent port to Lyon in France three times a week. It will...