Geopolitics hurt Port of Antwerp-Bruges throughput, breakbulk slips 18.8 pct
2023 was another challenging year for Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Geopolitical tensions and slowing global economic growth are driving down industrial production and trade flows. As a result, total throughput, which was 271 million tonnes of...Read more
Unstable economy hurts Port of Antwerp-Bruges throughput
After nine months, the total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 204.4 million tonnes, a drop of 6 per cent compared to the same period last year. The drop, looking at the percentage, was similar...Read more
Port of Rotterdam breakbulk throughput down with lower investments
General cargo throughput at the Port of Rotterdam during the first nine months slipped 13.7 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. The results are due to reduced consumer spending, large stocks and...Read more
Breakbulk volumes drop at Port of Long Beach
Cargo ThroughputBreakbulk volumes at the Port of Long Beach slipped during the previous month as the start of the traditional peak shipping season was on the modest side. The port said in its latest review that...Read more
Port of Antwerp Bruges’ breakbulk throughput holding up
Conventional breakbulk throughput at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges is holding up quite well despite the weak economic climate. Throughput volumes in the first half of the year are in line with the pre-Covid-19 period at...Read more
Geopolitical landscape weighs heavy on Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ breakbulk throughput
Quarterly throughput figures at the port of Antwerp-Bruges have come under pressure from the complex geopolitical and macroeconomic context, slipping when compared to the corresponding period in 2022. The merged port noted that general cargo...Read more
Antwerp sees sharp rise in breakbulk volume
Ports & TerminalsThe breakbulk segment in Antwerp had its best three months since the second quarter of 2019. Antwerp’s breakbulk volume has taken heavy hits in the past two years but in the past quarter, it was...Read more
Throughput port of Rotterdam falls sharply, but less than feared
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 9.1 per cent in the first half of the year compared with 2019, amounting to 218.9 million tonnes. Container throughput was only 3.3 per cent down on...Read more
CEO Port of Rotterdam: “I hope there will be shorter supply chains”
Port of RotterdamThe Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. “So yes, results will be bad”, says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
Throughput in Rotterdam falls 9.3%, further decline expected
Ports & TerminalsCargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 9.3% to 112.4 million tonnes in the first quarter. The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in significantly lower demand and a large number of cancelled sailings. The...Read more
Rotterdam reports growth across all breakbulk markets
Throughput figuresRotterdam’s breakbulk volume has grown by 4.4% in the first nine months of 2019. The port authority says there was an increase in all traditional markets including aluminium and steel. On the contrary, Port of...Read moreAntwerp’s breakbulk volume severely hit by trade war
The trade war and economic slowdown have negatively impacted breakbulk volumes in Antwerp. Overall breakbulk volumes including ro/ro dropped by 9% in the first nine months of this year. The throughput of conventional breakbulk, which...Read more
More ro/ro, less breakbulk in port of Zeebrugge
ThroughputThe port of Zeebrugge has recorded a growth of 12.5% in the first semester of 2019. In total, the Belgian port handled 21.9 million tons of cargo. The growth is mainly attributable to the roll-on/roll-off traffics...Read more
North Sea Port records growth, but breakbulk suffers another hit
North Sea Port booked a throughput of 36.6 million tonnes in the first half of 2019, reflecting a growth of 2%. However, increased containerisation of food products led to a drop of 10% in breakbulk...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 moreAgain less breakbulk for Port of Antwerp
Quarterly resultsEurope’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
Spanish ports on the rise
Iberian ports in 2018 moved a combined total of 656 million tons of cargo. That is a new record, reports Atlantico Business Development. Spanish ports accounted for the majority of the throughput, with a total of...Read more