Tag: port of Antwerp

In order to continue supporting the shipping lines, barge operators and concessionaires at the Port of Antwerp, a further postponement of payment for domain concessions and for shipping and inland navigation dues will be granted.

From the September 19th, World Clean-up Day, the ‘Nul-o-Plastic’, designed by Envisan, will get rid of the historical pollution in the Galgeschoor nature reserve in the port of Antwerp. 

The total throughput of Port of Antwerp decreased by 5.1% in 2020 compared with the first 8 months of the previous year.

PSA Antwerp and PSA Breakbulk are launching a new ‘log handling concept’ together. At the Churchill Terminal at quay 410, PSA has fitted out a custom location for the large-scale handling of logs.

The Port of Antwerp COVID-19 Taskforce, concluding that the port will remain 100% operational during this second wave of the coronavirus.

The total throughput of the Port of Antwerp fell by 4.9% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2019. 

Following the COVID-19 outbreak onboard the Minerva Oceania tanker, Belgium's Agency for Maritime Services and Coast (MDK) is investigating the causes.

A European consortium of maritime research and technology leaders launched the Fastwater project to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofit and newbuild vessels to operate on methanol as a pathway to fossil-free shipping.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Maltese-flagged oil tanker has been put under quarantine at the Port of Antwerp after more than half of its seafarers tested coronavirus positive.

The international research project "5G-Blueprint" recently received European fund in order to develop how remotely operated transport can be used to make operations and logistics more efficient.