Figures at Antwerp Port on the Rise

 
The container freight volume rose by 4.0% during the first six months, to 53,553,954 tonnes.
This corresponds to 4,416,132 TEU, an increase of 2.9%.
Ro/ro freight for its part continued to perform well during the past six months, with a volume of 2,346,506 tonnes, 1.3% more than the same period last year, although the number of cars handled was down slightly (by 1.4%) to 643,164.
Conventional breakbulk on the other hand produced negative figures, down by 6.0% to 5,028,876 tonnes.
The liquid bulk volume rose during the first half of the year by 4.0% to 30,429,085 tonnes. Petroleum derivatives experienced strong growth of 7.8%, reaching 22,380,646 tonnes.
Chemicals and crude oil on the other hand suffered a decline, down respectively by 4.2% to 5,484,968 tonnes and 7.4% to 2,363,517 tonnes.
The dry bulk volume came to 6,870,625 tonnes, a decrease of 5.0% compared with the same period last year.
During the first six months of this year 6,991 ships called at Antwerp, 3.4% fewer than in the same period last year.
On the other hand the gross tonnage rose by 1.0% to 165,121,359 GT, thus confirming the trend towards fewer but larger and more heavily laden ships being served at Antwerp.

Press Release; July 15th, 2014