Container volume rose by 4.1% during the past 12 months and is expected to end the year at 117,979,180 tonnes, representing an increase of 4.2%.<\/p>\n
The ro-ro volume has declined by 1.9%, totalling 4,564,619 tonnes at the end of the 12-month period. This result was said to be due to the performance on the export side, as ro-ro exports to Africa and the Near East are down by 15% and 18% respectively. However, on the import side the ro-ro volume was up by 9.5%.<\/p>\n
Liquid bulk volume for 2016 is up by 4.5% to 69,653,984 tonnes, with tank storage companies experiencing particularly strong growth. While volume of dry bulk continues to decline with a fall of 9.8% compared with the same period in 2015<\/p>\n
The number of seagoing ships calling at Antwerp rose by 0.7% in 2016, by 31 December a total of 14,523 ships are expected to have visited Antwerp. This was met with a strong growth in gross tonnage which was up 9.5% to 402,665,000 GT.<\/p>\n
Antwerp has further expanded its market share in the Hamburg \u2013 Le Havre range, as well as improved its position in the Far East trade over the past few years, at the expense of its direct competitors Rotterdam and Hamburg.<\/p>\n
Alongside this, the Port of Antwerp has also announced that Jacques Vandermeiren has been named chief executive officer and president of the executive committee of Antwerp Port Authority as of 1 January 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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