The Belgian port's leading trade, general cargo, rose by 3.2% year-on-year to 155.21mt.

Of it, containerised freight accounted for 138.44mt (-0.5% yoy), followed by 11.48mt of break-bulk (+73.6% yoy) and 5.29mt of wheeled (ro-ro) cargo (+13.9% yoy).

Liquid and dry bulk handlings also advanced - by 3.2% yoy to 71.23mt and by 15.4% yoy to 13.34mt, respectively.

Antwerp's container traffic noted a minimal 0.1% yoy downtick, having taken care of 12,020,245 TEUs.

The port's vehicle logistics business, on the other hand, advanced by 7.7% yoy to 972,200 cars.