Last month, the Belgian Finance Ministry announced that they’d seized 116 tons of cocaine at the Port of Antwerp in 2023, a 5% increase from the previous year and double 2018’s numbers.

A ship cruises at the port of Antwerp, Belgium February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Clement Rossignol/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab.

The mayor of Antwerp advocates installing anti-aircraft defences to protect the port of Antwerp. After all, Bart De Wever (N-VA) fears that the war in Ukraine could come closer to home. ‘Of ...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges COO Rob Smeets said: "We are thrilled to welcome the six state-of-the-art tugs, including an electric ...

Port of Antwerp Bruges plans to develop a €250 million ($267 million) hydrogen and ammonia storage and export facility at the Namibian Port of Walvis Bay, together with the African nation’s ...

Belgian authorities seized a record 110 tons of cocaine at the port of Antwerp in 2022. At a press conference on Tuesday, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem, ...

Nina Siegal often covers European art and culture for The Times. Five centuries ago, the northern Belgian port city of Antwerp was a thriving European center of diamonds, art and finance, with one ...

In Europe's biggest port, Rotterdam, seizures were down in 2022, at 46.8 tonnes compared to 72.8 the year before, but in smaller Vlissingen, just across the Scheldt river estuary from Antwerp ...

Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States.

Around half of the criminals arrested for drug-related offenses at the port of Antwerp are from the Netherlands, according to the chief of the city’s Public Prosecutor’s Office. “Of the 150 people we ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Operations at the port of Antwerp, one of Europe's biggest container ports, were seriously impacted on Tuesday as hundreds of farmers on tractors blocked the roads around the ...