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The port of Antwerp ensures fast and efficient goods transport thanks to its multimodal links, which now include a weekly inland navigation service by Swissterminal. Feeder ships connect the Swiss Rhine ports with various deep sea terminals in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam twice a week.

Inland navigation is the most common mode of container transport at the port of Antwerp, accounting for 34% of it, or as much as 42% if you include all goods flows in the port. In order to increase growth further, Port of Antwerp is constantly working on new, innovative projects for the inland navigation sector.

Tabaknatie has created a collection point for containers. This will enable the logistics company to spread out the number of truck journeys and take transport off the road during peak periods.

Mr. Rajiv Agarwal, CEO and Managing Director of Essar Ports, one of India's leading private sector ports in conversation with Malini Dutt, India Representative of Antwerp Port Authority.

Port of Antwerp appoints International Representative for Russia.

At the beginning of this new year the International team of the Port of Antwerp is extremely happy and proud to announce the launch of their new blog called "Anchors & Bollards".

Swissterminal is offering a new barge connection between Basel and Birsfelden and the port of Antwerp from December 2020. In addition, the existing rail connection from Swissterminal between Antwerp and Basel - Frenkendorf and Niederglatt will be improved from January 2021: it will be switched from an indirect service (via Neuss) to a direct service.

Lineas Intermodal has expanded its Lineas GreenXpress Network with three new destinations by rail from Antwerp: Recklinghausen (Germany), Langweid-Foret (Germany) and Wolfurt (Austria).

Last summer, we announced it loud and clear: the Single Window for Inland Navigation is on its way! Since its development, various software suppliers and inland shipping operators have extensively tested this new platform, and we are preparing for an official start-up on 4 January 2021.