Buoyant container throughput rates helped to limit the overall decline in volumes at the Port of Antwerp last year, with other cargo segments suffering due to the pandemic and trade tensions.
Despite a year dominated by the coronavirus with several difficult months and cancelled sailings, container throughput exceeded the 12m teu for the first time at the Belgian hub, with growth of 1%.
Thanks to this record in the container segment, the port held up better than most other ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre range in 2020.
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