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Antwerp Slitter, a company that processes steel coils in the port of Antwerp, now uses only barges for transport within the port. Other companies too are increasingly making use of barge for breakbulk transport. The modal shift that Port of Antwerp aims to achieve is in full swing!

Hamburg Sud and Maersk launch a joint stand-alone service connecting Europe and the key perishables markets of Central America, the Caribbean and the western coast of South America.

The container terminals on the Right bank of the Scheldt in the Port of Antwerp will also be open at night as of Monday 3 June. This means that the PSA Europa and Noordzee terminals will be open 24 hours per day on weekdays.

Last week the BBC Amethyst anchored in Porto do Açu, Brazil. She is the first vessel to make the big crossing from Antwerp to the Brazilian sea port.

Antwerp, 26 April 2019. During the past quarter, the total maritime cargo turnover of Port of Antwerp fell by 3%, bringing the situation back to normal following the record figures of the first quarter in 2018.