The port of Antwerp is the port of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It is located in Flanders, mainly in the province of Antwerp, but also partially in East Flanders. It is a seaport in the heart of Euro
Mediterranean Shipping Company's former container terminal in the Bevrijdingsdok [nl]. An idea of the size of this terminal can be obtained from the fact that each of the six berthed ships are at least 250 m long
Antwerp's infrastructure before works started on the Deurganck Dock. The Scheldt runs from south to north between the geometrical outlines of the docks on the left and right banks. Other details include the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal at bottom centre, the Albert Canal (the thin line running South East from the docks), the Rhine-Scheldt Junction Canal (top centre), and the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal at top left.
The Port of Antwerp as seen from a commercial airliner. The Right Bank runs from the middle left side to the bottom right side of the photo. The Scheldt runs below from the middle left side to the middle bottom side. The Deurganck Dock is seen at the bottom left side. Other details include the Kieldrecht Lock connecting the Deurganck Dock to the Left Bank (partially visible at the extreme bottom left side). The Doel Nuclear Power Station is also seen at the middle left side of the photo.
Part of Antwerp's old waterfront looking north to the Noorderterras café building
Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships with ball mark dimension: about 170,000 DWT capacity, 290 m long, 45 m beam, 18 m draught. They are too large to transit the Suez Canal or Panama Canal,
Port of Antwerp
…is located in Flanders, mainly in the province of Antwerp, but also partially in East Flanders. It is a seaport in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe's second-largest seaport, after that of Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary…
MV Berge Athene, a capesize bulk carrier of 225,200 DWT, built in 1979
After deepening of the Suez Canal, a formerly capesize bulk carrier approaches the Suez Canal Bridge.
Capesize bulk carrier Cape Elise of 174,124 DWT at Inchgreen quay, Greenock, Scotland, for repairs in March 2014 after being struck by a massive wave. At 289 metres long, it was the largest ship to dock at Greenock in 20 years.