Antwerp to improve connections with France

Increasing volumes can be achieved “by improving the hinterland connections and implementing our Total Plan”, said Port Authority chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx at a Port Day in Paris.

In 2009, some 500,000 teu was carried to and from the French hinterland; around 16% of all container traffic to and from Antwerp’s hinterland has France as its origin or destination.

Because of Antwerp’s inland location most landward journeys are only a few hundred kilometres, compared with other coastal ports.