Accorrding to a local belgian newspaper, the second largest stevedore in the Port of Antwerp, DP World, starts a restructuring program. This morning DP World anounced to be cutting 70 jobs and to sell the break bulk division on the right bank of the river Scheldt. The second most important stevedore in the port of […]
The port of Antwerp handled 46,322,290 tonnes of freight in the first three months of this year, down 2.2% on the same period in 2011. Container freight did best, despite the days of strikes, expanding by 2.9% to 27,000,161 tonnes. The main losers were steel products (down 20.3%) and liquid bulk (down 13.5%). The […]
Major Liquids Terminal on Anvil at Port of Duqm – Details: “February 20, 2012 [Oman Daily] – By Conrad Prabhu – MUSCAT — With plans for a huge refinery complex at Duqm now a virtual certainty, the Port of Duqm is firming up moves to establish a major Liquids Terminal designed to handle the prodigious […]
This strike is a catastrophe, not only because of the direct costs but also because of the damage to the reputation and future potential of the Port of Antwerp. Full story on FlandersNews.be flandersnews.be: “Strike costs a million euros an hour”
The 24-hour national strike in Belgium has ended. Most terminals at the Port of Antwerp were closed after dock workers, ferry operators and others stopped work at 6 a.m. local time on Monday morning, January 30th, 2012. The strike cost the port US$1.3 million per hour in “loss in added value,” Annik Dirkx, spokesperson for […]
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