Port of Antwerp International to temporarily manage port of Cotonou

West African port gets ready for the future Port of Antwerp International (PAI), the consultancy and investment subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority, has been appointed by the Council of Ministers of the West African country of Benin to modernise the port of Cotonou....

Port of Antwerp International (PAI) invests in Brazilian Port of Açu

Port of Antwerp, through its subsidiary Port of Antwerp International (PAI), will invest 10 million USD in Porto do Açu, a privately owned port complex in São João da Barra, in the northern part of Rio de Janeiro State, in Brazil. Brazil is the largest economy of...

Port of Antwerp opens new training centre in India

Indian port professionals who follow courses given in Mumbai by APEC, the port of Antwerp training centre, can now benefit from a purpose-built training facility. The new facility was officially opened on Monday this week during the annual Port of Antwerp Mission to...

Port of Antwerp sees great potential in African continent

Africa is an important trading partner for the port of Antwerp, with 19 million tonnes of freight being carried between the two last year. Togo, Nigeria and South Africa are the number 1, 2 and 3 African countries respectively that generate the most intensive trade,...

Port of Antwerp International invests for first time in West Africa

The port of Antwerp and the port of San Pedro in Côte d’Ivoire are to collaborate over the next few years to manage further expansion of this West African entrepot. San Pedro, the leading cacao port in the world, aims to develop at regional level so as to become a...

Iran finds its way to the port of Antwerp once more

Restoring the strong economic and historic links between Iran and Antwerp. The Iranian shipping company Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) called at the port of Antwerp with one of its ships this week, for the first time since economic sanctions were...