ANTWERP enjoyed a 6
ANTWERP enjoyed a 6.2 per cent year-on-year increase in container traffic in 2018 to 11.1 million TEU, amounting to 130.9 million tonnes, up 6.4 per cent, according to figures released by the port authority. The total transshipment in 2018 was 235.2 million tonnes, a new record, with unprecedented growth in all cargo types, it said.
All trades recorded growth, both in supply and export, with the exception of supplies from the Middle East and Latin America, which showed a slight decrease.
The total transshipment in 2018 was 235.2 million tonnes, a new record, with unprecedented growth in all cargotypes, it said.
The total breakbulk transshipment shows a slightly positive figure with a growth of one per cent. The ro-ro cargo grew by 5.4 per cent to 5.3 million tonnes. The number of shipped passenger cars increased by 4.7 per cent to 1.3 million units.
Whereas conventional breakbulk recorded a loss of 2.7 per cent after nine months compared to the same period in 2017, this was limited on an annual basis to a loss of 1.1 per cent for a transshipment of 10.16 million tonnes.
In 2018, 14,595 seagoing vessels (+2.6%) called at Antwerp. The gross tonnage of these ships increased by three per cent to 418,838,751 gross tonnes.
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