Port of Antwerp to handle more than 200 million tonnes of freight this year

The port of Antwerp is on course to handle more than 200 million tonnes of freight this year for the first time ever, the port says. And in container transhipment too a new record has been set, with more than 9 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units, i.e. standard containers) being handled. In comparison with last year nearly 8% more containers will be transhipped. With these growth figures Antwerp is performing significantly better than Rotterdam and Hamburg, the number 1 and 3 ports respectively in North-West Europe.