Fire on Ro-Ro ship in Antwerp leaves 25 people trapped by smoke

Busy times at Liebherr as the company delivers one LPS 600 portal slewing crane and secures a new order for an LHM 550 mobile harbour crane.

Maersk Cincinnati was berthed due to onboard smoke detection, while SAMSA intensified efforts to collect pharma materials from the ocean coastline.

Finnlines is set to launch a new short sea freight service this month (Sept ’24) from Finland to Peel Ports London Medway and other destinations around Europe

Sallaum is investing €20 million in Antwerp Terminal to expand capacity, aiming for 17,000 units and net zero emissions by 2030.

Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges, which are Europe’s two largest container ports, have both suffered declines in their throughputs for the first nine months of 2023. Overall traffic at both ports was also down on the same period of 2022.

The Netherlands and Colombia are preparing a treaty to intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against drugs trafficking.