January 2021
December 2020
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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.
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Lineas Intermodal has expanded its Lineas GreenXpress Network with three new destinations by rail from Antwerp: Recklinghausen (Germany), Langweid-Foret (Germany) and Wolfurt (Austria).
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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.
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Lineas Intermodal is further expanding the Green Xpress Network. From 15 December, three trains a week will connect Antwerp with the "four-country region" in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. These 4 important economic hubs provide even better access to the port of Antwerp.
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The port of Antwerp ships 300,000 used vehicles a year. In order to ensure that this takes place as sustainably and safely as possible, more stringent rules governing byloads inside second-hand vehicles will be introduced from the start of 2021.
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By consciously choosing sustainable means of transport, the Austrian Binderholz is limiting its proportion of road transport when shipping a large load of timber. The transatlantic shipment began its journey in Salzburg and continued via the port of Antwerp to America. Final destination: Port of Cleveland.
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The port of Antwerp is one of the largest bunkering ports in the world, with an estimated 5 million metric tons of conventional fuels bunkered yearly. Alternative fuels such as LNG are also becoming increasingly popular. You can now find all the bunkering data online at www.portofantwerp.com.