With 74.2mt (+6.8% year-on-year), containerised freight cut out the largest share, followed by 46.1mt (+0.7% yoy) of liquid and 7.6mt of dry bulk (+0.4% yoy), 10.3mt of wheeled (ro-ro) cargo (-5.7% yoy), and 5.0mt of break-bulk (-6.2% yoy).
Antwerp-Bruges' container traffic advanced by 4.1% yoy to 6,665k TEUs.
The Belgian ports also handled 1.66m vehicles (-9% yoy).
The Port of Zeebrugge welcomed 270.6k cruise passengers (+8.9% yoy) on board 82 vessels.