The Port of Antwerp has unveiled a 3% increase in throughput to 143m tonnes the first nine months of the year compared with the same period for 2012. Main reason for the growth was a 32% increase in liquid bulk cargoes, to 44.4m tonnes, with oil...

Businesses at the Port of Antwerp are to establish a taskforce to defend the port from cybercrime by the end of the year, in response to a recent, sustained two year attack on the port by organised criminals.

In the latest move towards the use of LNG as a marine fuel the Antwerp Port Authority has appointed EXMAR to handle LNG bunkering at the port.