Antwerp still looks good

The port of Antwerp handled 189.3m tonnes of freight last year, a growth of 3.5% on 2007.

However, the figures have been impacted by the slowdown in demand for steel from Asia: conventional and breakbulk cargo was down by 14.5% on the exceptional 2007 figures.

The opening of a new terminal in the 6th Haven dock helped with dry bulk figures increasing by 11.6%.