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[Belgium] Port of Antwerp

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:34 am
by escveritas
Port of Antwerp is the biggest economic engine of Belgium. As many as 144,183 people work directly or indirectly for our port. Did you know that the port covers an area of 24,000 football pitches and houses 900 companies?

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Some interesting figures about the Antwerp port area


Surface area Right bank: 6,784 ha

Surface area Left bank: 5,284 ha
Surface area total port area: 12,068 ha


Length of roads: 358 km
Length of railway lines: 1,047 km
Length of pipes: 1,000 km
Length of quays: 169 km useful mooring length, 120.6 km of which quay walls.


Number of locks in use: 7
Number of bridges: 24
Number of docks: 40
Number of buoys Scheldt: 266
Number of bollards: 5,605
Number of terminals: 86
Number of quays: 710 quay numbers + 91 port numbers (not quay bound numbers)