Port of Antwerp to appoint representative in Britain ahead of Brexit

The Port of Antwerp will appoint a full-time representative in the UK, based in London, in order to keep in closer touch with the economic situation there now that Brexit is looming closer.

Attracting additional sources of trade and cargo will also form part of the new port representative’s job.

Luc Arnouts, the port authority’s international networks manager, said: “The UK is actually our third-largest trading partner. On the other hand the volume shrank by nearly 8% last year, probably due to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.”