Draught record broken at the Port of Antwerp’s Deurganck Dock

The MSC Regulus, with a draught of 15.7 m, successfully entered the Port of Antwerp in the first  of six trials for a programme to incrementally increase the port’s draught from 15.5 m to 16 m.

The current maximum draught of the Western Scheldt river for container ships calling at Antwerp is 15.5 m, and the call of MSC Regulus broke the draught record at the Deuganck Dock.

Rob Smeets, chief operations officer at the Port of Antwerp, said: “We are extremely enthusiastic about this successful trial run and the new draught record.