Antwerp Stevedoring International has opened a new all-weather
steel products terminal at the Port of Antwerp. It has the
capacity to accommodate barges and vessels of up to 9,500dwt.
A travelling overhead crane allows transhipment between barges
and larger vessels.
The company invested $40.8 million in the 300,000 square
metre terminal, which features automatic coil grippers and
vacuum spreaders. Traffic projected to use the terminal includes
coils, coil on skids, sheet steel, steel bars, wire rods, billets,
hollow sections, tinplate, forgings, angle iron, sheet iron, pipes
and concrete reinforcing rods.
Barry Cross