Five per cent-increase in sea cargo throughput in Port of Antwerp

Belgian seaport of Antwerp achieved record in throughput of containers and liquid bulk in 2011

In the Port of Antwerp the year 2011 was marked by increasing sea cargo throughput. Total volume showed a year-on-year improvement of 5 per cent from 178.2 million tons to 187 million tons. Records were achieved this year in the container and liquid bulk segments, with volumes of 105.1 million tons (up 2.5%) and 46 million tons (up 12.2%), respectively. As for twenty-foot-equivalent units, container volume was up 2.3 per cent from 2010 to 2011, to 8.7 TEU.

According to the final figures for 2011 ro-ro volume in the Port of Antwerp was up by 14 per cent to 4.2 million tons. The number of cars handled amounts to 1,056 million, an increase of 14.7 per cent on 2010. During the reporting period 12.7 million tons of conventional/breakbulk freight was loaded and unloaded, 14.1 per cent more than the previous year. The number of seagoing ships calling at the port rose 3.1 per cent this year – there were 15,240 calls. Dry bulk was down by 3.5 per cent to 19.08 million tons, due largely to lower imports of fertilisers.

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