BBC Amethyst first vessel to make crossing to Antwerp’s Brazilian port Açu
Multipurpose vessel BBC Amethyst is the first vessel to make the crossing from Antwerp to Porto do Açu in Brazil, a private port in which Port of Antwerp participates with the ultimate goal to strengthen...Read more
MACS changes terminal in Antwerp
Multipurpose vessel operator MACS has changed its terminal in Antwerp. As from June 1st, all MACS vessel will call at Zuidnatie Breakbulk which is able to handle MACS entire cargo portfolio, the company states. “Zuidnatie’s experienced...Read more
Port of Rotterdam: “We see room to grow our breakbulk throughput”
The Port of Rotterdam saw its conventional breakbulk volumes grow with 3.1% in the first quarter of 2019. The lifting of the American import ban on Russian aluminium had a lot to do with that,...Read more
Again less breakbulk for Port of Antwerp
Europe’s biggest breakbulk port, Antwerp, posted another decline in throughput of conventional breakbulk cargoes. The port contributes the decrease to the “exceptional” first quarter of 2018 when anticipated US import levies drove a build-up of...Read more
Breakbulk and ro/ro volumes North Sea Port down
North Sea Port, the newly formed, biggest breakbulk port of Northwest-Europe, saw its breakbulk volume slide in the first quarter of 2019 due to increased containerization of perishables like bananas. Ro-ro volume was also down. Total...Read more
Porsche puts cars on train to China
Porsche has traditionally relied on trains for its logistics in Europe but from April 2019 the sports car manufacturer will use rail transport for its transcontinental logistics as well. Part of the vehicles will travel...Read more
New record for Rotterdam, but breakbulk remains flat
Throughput in Rotterdam reached a new record in 2018 thanks to growth in container transhipment, but growth in breakbulk remained flat. At 469.0 million tonnes, the port of Rotterdam’s total throughput volume ended up slightly higher...Read more
Wijnne Barends Logistics receives large breakbulk vessel
On the Thursday afternoon of 15 November, Wijnne Barends Logistics received the breakbulk vessel Ioanna D in Eemshaven. (more…)Read more