All Port of Antwerp articles – Page 14
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TPL overcomes permitting problems to ship dryers
April 21 - Belgium's TPL (Transport & Project Logistics) has handled the shipment of two large dryers from France to Jeddah via the port of Antwerp.
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Excellent start for Antwerp, but heavy lifts still down
April 19 - The port of Antwerp handled 47,374,451 tonnes of freight in the first three months of this year, up by 12.7 percent on the same period of 2010, although heavy lift cargoes were down around 15 percent and machinery, engines, etc were down around
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Port cities investigate maximum use of renewable energy
April 13 - Nine European cities and universities, confronted with the challenge of making greater use of renewable energies to power the industrial and logistics activities which take place in their ports, have joined forces to develop a model that makes
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Alsace traffic boosts Antwerp as French gateway
March 25 - The level of French project cargo, as well as other cargoes, handled at the port of Antwerp is so significant that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has quipped that Antwerp is the largest French port.
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Antwerp and Essar sign memorandum
February 11 - Port of Antwerp International (PAI), a subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Essar Ports in which the two parties declare their intention of collaborating as strategic partners in port deve
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Behind the scenes at the Port of Antwerp
February 4 - The Port of Antwerp is launching an interactive visitor centre to reveal to local residents what happens behind the scenes at one of Europe's leading heavy lift ports.
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Unions and employers in Antwerp sign agreement
January 19 - A move to modernise the relationship between labour and employers at the port of Antwerp and a cargo dues freeze for 2011, will have direct and positive benefits to heavy lift and project cargo operations at the Belgian breakbulk and heavylif
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Safmarine and Antwerp bosses celebrate cooperation
January 14 - At an unveiling ceremony held at the headquarters of the Antwerp Port Authority, Safmarine CEO Tomas Dyrbye presented a ship model of Safmarine Kuramo to CEO Eddy Bruyninckx as a gesture of thanks for the many years of close cooperation betwe
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178 million tonnes for Antwerp but conventional cargoes still well down
December 29 - Based on provisional figures, by the end of this year the port of Antwerp expects to have handled 178 million tonnes of freight, up 13 percent from the recession year of 2009 with the increase mainly due to container freight, which has once
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Antwerp Port organises St Petersburg breakbulk forum
October 21 - Antwerp Port Authority has organised a breakbulk forum at St Petersburg in recognition of the St Petersburg region's importance as a growth market for breakbulk and project cargo.
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Antwerp bucks downturn in first nine months
October 20 - During the first nine months of this year, the port of Antwerp handled more than 132.19 million tonnes of freight, up 13.2 percent compared with the same period last year, when the volume was almost 117 million tonnes.
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Ahlers reveals global scope of project cargo activity
October 8 - Antwerp-based project cargo forwarder Ahlers Forwarding has revealed a range of heavy lift and project cargo activity that the company has undertaken in global markets; so far this year.
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Panama Canal and Port of Antwerp ink partnership agreement
September 8 - An agreement that could generate more heavy lift traffic to the West coast of South America from one of Europe's most important heavy lift and project ports via the Panama canal has been signed.
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Antwerp expresses concern at static heavy lift tonnages
July 16 - The Port of Antwerp has released cargo data for throughput between January and June 2010 that shows break bulk and heavy lift cargo tonnage is static at the Belgian port.
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PPG success in Antwerp
July 6 - Heavy lift project forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group concluded a successful annual conference in Antwerp recently.
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Antwerp assembly looks to port's future as tide turns
June 25 - The first General Assembly of the port of Antwerp has produced a number of key initiatives to support the port's position as one of Europe's mainports as the global economy recovers.
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Steel and project cargo forum finalised
June 11 - Questions to be addressed at the forthcoming Steel and Project Cargo forum in London include whether overseas steel production will be the future going forward?
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Chain up with the future at the steel and project cargo forum
June 4 - Anyone who wants to find out more about the Port of Antwerp's strengths in the field of steel and project cargo should consider attending the Steel and Project Cargo Forum which takes place in London on Friday, 25th June from 9.30 am at the Insti
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Record attendance at Breakbulk Europe
May 27 - Having finally filed all the contacts made at last week's Breakbulk Europe 2010 conference and exhibition, it comes as no surprise to hear from the organisers that the event posted a record turnout of 3,300 attendees and 125 exhibitors, an increa
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Antwerp to host breakbulk summit
May 24 - The port of Antwerp will hold a breakbulk summit next month aimed at reinvigorating its presence in the general cargo sector following a significant decline in traffic in the past three years.