Whereas containerised freight handling contracted by 9.8% year-on-year to 74.1mt, other general cargo groups advanced: wheeled (ro-ro) by 8.9% yoy to 10.9mt and break-bulk by 22% yoy to 6.4mt.

The turnover of liquid and dry bulk also rose: by 16.5% yoy to 47.3mt and by 17.6% yoy to 8.7mt, respectively.

The ports' finished vehicle traffic increased as well: by 2.4% yoy to 1.72m cars.

Container-wise, Antwerp-Bruges took care of 6.77m TEUs, a decrease of 6.2% on the H1 2021 result.