When you see some of the statistics, you will understand why FIRST Shipping prefers to be centralized and control your goods out of the port of Antwerp. Today, the port of Antwerp is the 4th largest port in the world.

Some impressive statistics from the year 2000

Number of ships coming into the port a year. This gives sufficient departures to all destinations

This includes Import and Export of new and used cars. Parking is so big that small busses are used to drive the working people around. Today RoRo ships can take up to 5000 cars at once

 

     

Each Tue is equal to a 20 feet container. To be able to handle these enormous quantities, each terminal is equipped with the best material available and fully computerized.

This is import and export of all kinds of goods like steel, cement, wood, … you name it, we handled it.

 

Total size of the port grounds 13,455 Ha
Berth length 130 Km
Warehousing space and still expanding 4,800,000m2
Roads around the port 280 km
Rrailway tracks 960 km
Brobo crane with 800tons capacity 237 shore cranes

 

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