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Containers strong as Antwerp-Bruges remains steady

[ October 22, 2024   //   ]

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ total throughput was 210.5 million tonnes in the first three quarters of 2024, an increase of 3% compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter. Demand for container transport remains strong, while geopolitical and economic instability has impacted other cargo types.

Container throughput in tonnes increased by 8.9%, imports by 10.2% and exports by 7.9%. Over the first nine months, total container throughput in TEUs increased by 6.8% to 10,152,000 TEUs.

In the first half of the year, Antwerp-Bruges’ market share in container handling in the Hamburg – Le Havre Range grew by 0.8 percentage points compared to 2023, to 30.7%.

Almost one in ten containers were reefers, the numbers of which increased 9.7% in the first nine months of 2024.

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