News / Stakeholders put their heads together to solve port of Antwerp barge congestion

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Port of Antwerp stakeholders have committed to improving barge transport services at the Belgian gateway, signing up to “a roadmap of structural changes”.

The agreement comes nine months after a declaration of intent to address logjams that left some shipments waiting more than a week to be unloaded.

Chief executive Jacques Vandermeiren said financial and operational investments pledged under the new agreement attested to how seriously the issue was being taken.

“This mode of transport is a crucial player in the economical, sustainable and mobility friendly model ...