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Dutch go-ahead for Scheldt deepening
Antwerp Port Authority and Alfaport Antwerpen have expressed their satisfaction with the decision by the Dutch Council of State (taken today) overturning the stay of deepening work in the Western Scheldt.
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Port community aims to keep and attract trade
The Antwerp port community will make additional efforts to attract new, conventional trade to the port. For this purpose a series of five covenants was signed on Tuesday, 2 February in Antwerp Town Hall by the Port Authority, Alfaport Antwerpen and five trade associations.
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Corridor C Antwerp – Basle/Lyon
Corridor C aims to create a fast, strong and high-quality rail connection between the Antwerp port area (Belgium) and the industrial centres of Lyon (France) and Basle (Switzerland). The concept fits in with the European policy to create a freight-oriented transnational railway network. The corridor will increase efficiency, reliability and durability of the end-to-end railway freight traffic. At the same time, it will strengthen the railway’s competitiveness compared to road transport.
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Port of Antwerp handles 157,806,429 tonnes of freight in 2009
The port of Antwerp handled 157,806,429 tonnes of freight last year. This represents a drop of 16.7% compared with the nearly 190 million tonnes in 2008.
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A Global Plan for the global port
After seven record years in a row the port of Antwerp experienced a drop in freight volume due to the economic recession, so that the final result for the year is expected to be around 158 million tonnes.Despite the recession, however, the year brought several positive developments. One of these was the new Scheldt navigation regulations, enabling the largest container carriers to reach Antwerp more quickly and easily.
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