the port of Antwerp has closed the 2013 with a traffic record of 190,6 million tons (+3.5%)



In the 2013 port of Antwerp has established the own new record of traffic of the goods graces to a consisting rise of the volume of the liquid bulk that has compensated the decrease of the traffic recorded in the other merceologici sections. The Belgian port of call has closed this year with a total of 190,6 million tons, with a progression of +3.5% regarding 184,1 million tons enlivened in 2012. The precedence traffic record was established in 2008 with a total of 189,4 million tons.

"the liquid bulk - the managing director of the Antwerp Port has commented Authority, Eddy Bruyninckx - has given an impulse particularly hard to our port. Such results of the volumes of the goods are reached thanks to the investments of an operating important series over the last few years. They are also the best test that the conversion of areas previously used for the goods loose in systems with storage tanks has brought benefits to our port". With respect to the bending which showed from the other segments of traffic, Bruyninckx has found that "for that it regards the container, the stagnation of the continuous economy to weigh on the results, but this situation - has evidenced - regards practically all the range Amburgo-Le Havre. If of the bulk sand banks - it has continued Bruyninckx - it has been a meaningful decrease of the coal volume regarding last year. This evolution is due at the close of a sure number of altiforni in the outback, that it will continue to having an impact on the data of the solid bulk".

the total bending of 26.8% recorded this year from the solid bulk, that they are come down almost 14,0 million tons, is caused mainly, in fact, from the contraction of the coal imports. The Harbour Authority has emphasized that the lacked construction an electric power plant to coal to Antwerp has had an effect negative on the port since this traffic has been moved on other ports that have of or more headquarters to coal and therefore are able to reach a critical mass.

Vice versa the investments to Antwerp from great industrial operators is carrying yields last year in the segment of the liquid bulk, that it has archived item 2013 with a total of 59,7 million tons, with an increase of 31.9% regarding 45,3 million enlivened tons.

In the field of the goods several, this year the containerized trade has totaled a reduction of -1,7% to the 102,2 million one tons. In terms of containers from 20 ' (teu) the traffic has been pairs to 8.572.345 teu, with a decrease of the -0,7% regarding 8.635.169 teu enlivened in 2012. The Harbour Authority of Antwerp confides however in a next resumption of the increase in the section of the container, mainly in consideration of the insertion of the Belgian port of call in the net of ports served from the new shipowning alliance P3 Network constituted from the three main companies of navigation of the market - Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM - and of the decision of the same MSC to concentrate own activities to Antwerp. The goods ro-ro is diminished of -5,0% at less than the 4,6 million one tons, while the number of motors vehicle enlivened from the Belgian port of call has grown of +5.1% to 1.302.885 units. The goods conventional has recorded a contraction of -6,8% to the 10,1 million one tons.