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April 20, 2022
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- Third consecutive quarterly decline in
containers in the port of Antwerp
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- In the first three months of 2022 the total loads handled
recorded a decrease of -1.5%
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 In the first quarter of this year the total traffic of the
goods handled from the port of Antwerp marked a slight
decrease of -1.5% determined by the third quarterly decline
consecutive of containerized cargoes, which constitute beyond the
half of the total traffic passing through the airport
Belgian port. The global figure for the first three months of 2022 is
state of 58.3 million tons compared to 59.1 million in the
corresponding period last year.-
- In the container sector alone, traffic amounted to
31.3 million tons, with a reduction of -13.3% on the first
quarter of 2021, traffic that was realized with a
handling of containers equal to over 2.7 million teu
(-11,6%). The Port Authority of Antwerp explained that if
in 2021 container traffic remained stable, in the
the first three months of 2022 the effect of the
dysfunctions of containerized maritime traffic, of the high
volumes of imported containers that are imposing considerable
operational challenges by making it more difficult to operate
container terminal. Added to this are the impacts of the
conflict in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions imposed on the
Russia.
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- On the other hand, the other various goods with rolling stock are growing
increased by +2.4% to 1.3 million tons and goods
conventional that, as in many other world ports, have marked
a much more accentuated rise having stood at almost
3.0 million tons (+49.1%). The Belgian Port Authority has
specified that steel traffic, which represents the share
preponderant of the latter type of goods, continues to be
supported on the export side, while the sanctions that give
mid-March ban the import of steel from Russia and
from Belarus have only a limited effect on the volume of
traffic also because these flows are replaced by
imports from other nations.
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- Liquid bulk also increased with 18.9 million
tons (+15.3%) as well as dry bulk with 3.8
million tons (+11.0%).
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