Topic: Port of Antwerp

Cross-border The Netherlands and Belgium progress 3RX and ports connection

RailFreight.com’s sister publication SpoorPro reported on Wednesday that Belgium and the Netherlands want to establish closer rail cooperation. These plans were already being voiced in…
H1 2025 FIGURES Port of Antwerp throughput down 4.3% as exporters maintain ‘wait-and-see’ approach

The Belgian port of Antwerp is one of Europe’s most connected to the United States, which recently announced a 30% tariff on products coming from…
Line 11 Key rail access to Antwerp port gets 31 million euros from EU for upgrade

Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel and rail operator NMBS/SNCB will receive a total of 76,15 million euros in additional funds from the European Recovery and Resilience…
Belgium - Netherlands - Germany Could the Iron Rhine make a comeback?

Between the port of Antwerp and the Ruhr industrial region, there lies an old defunct freight railway. Its reactivation could speed up transportation and could…
rail-port synergies Port of Antwerp and port of Le Havre boost rail connectivity

New rail freight initiatives are being implemented at the French port of Le Havre (part of HAROPA Port) and the Belgian of Antwerp. The former…
Millions in EU subsidies for port of Antwerp rail bridge renovation

The European Commission will provide 23 million euros for the renovation of the ‘Lillobrug’ rail bridge in the port of Antwerp. The bridge is an…
Metrans introduces fuel surcharge for transport within port terminals

Metrans has introduced another fuel surcharge from 1 April for freight transport within the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. However, instead of surcharging rail services,…
Port of Antwerp connects with Switzerland through Athus terminal

A new intermodal connection is in the pipeline to link the Belgian Port of Antwerp with the Birsterminal in the Rhine port Birsfelden, Switzerland. The…
Gopet Trans sets up Halkali-Antwerp connection as demand grows

A new rail freight connection between the Halkali terminal in Istanbul and Antwerp in Belgium has been available in the market for a few days…
Belgian authorities approve merger of Antwerp and Zeebrugge ports

The Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) has officially approved the merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge. The two ports agreed in February last year…
‘Rail connection to European ports should be on top of list’

The interdependency of European ports and rail freight connections has been one of the talking points inside the Connecting Europe Express. In Europe, a large…
Antwerp and Liege want more rail with China

On 7 July, the Ports of Antwerp and Liege signed an agreement aiming to boost multimodal inland connections between them. Rail freight has a prominent…