Harbour, Antwerp

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Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux both economically and culturally. It is on the right bank of the river Scheldt which is linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde.

Antwerp's port, which is one of the world's largest, has a high level of cargo shipping and oil refineries traffic, and in Europe, only Rotterdam's port is larger.

Het eerste schip vaart de Boudewijnsluis in, op 22 oktober 1955.

The Boudewijn floodgate
The first ship came true on 22 of October 1955 .

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Grain loading.

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Do take a cruise around Antwerp's awesome harbor, which handles 16,000 ships and 100 million tons of cargo a year. Most departures are from the Steen waterfront on the Scheldt. Flandria Line runs a 2 1/2-hour harbor cruise for adults and for children. In July and August, there's a delightful harbor dinner cruise from 8 to 10:30pm.
A 50-minute excursion on the river is less interesting, but still worthwhile, with half-hourly departures during summer months

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The potas stockage.

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Do take a cruise around Antwerp's awesome harbor, which handles 16,000 ships and 100 million tons of cargo a year. Most departures are from the Steen waterfront on the Scheldt. Flandria Line runs a 2 1/2-hour harbor cruise for adults and for children. In July and August, there's a delightful harbor dinner cruise from 8 to 10:30pm.
A 50-minute excursion on the river is less interesting, but still worthwhile, with half-hourly departures during summer months

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Almost ready to leave the harbor.

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Do take a cruise around Antwerp's awesome harbor, which handles 16,000 ships and 100 million tons of cargo a year. Most departures are from the Steen waterfront on the Scheldt. Flandria Line runs a 2 1/2-hour harbor cruise for adults and for children. In July and August, there's a delightful harbor dinner cruise from 8 to 10:30pm.
A 50-minute excursion on the river is less interesting, but still worthwhile, with half-hourly departures during summer months

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Dry docks.

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Do take a cruise around Antwerp's awesome harbor, which handles 16,000 ships and 100 million tons of cargo a year. Most departures are from the Steen waterfront on the Scheldt. Flandria Line runs a 2 1/2-hour harbor cruise for adults and for children. In July and August, there's a delightful harbor dinner cruise from 8 to 10:30pm.
A 50-minute excursion on the river is less interesting, but still worthwhile, with half-hourly departures during summer months.

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Ship handling - loading iron.

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Antwerp (in dutch Antwerpen), is a large harbor in Belgium, on the left bank of the Scheldt, concentrating one tenth of the country's industrial power (refinerie and petrochemistry, automotive industry, food, diamant cutting, etc.). About 470 000 inhab. (800 000 in the agglomeration).
Economic capital of the Western world in the XV th century, Antwerp was dethroned by Amsterdam in the XVII th. Due to her strategic importance she was the stake of many battles.
She knew another expansion after 1833, when she became the main harbor of the young kingdom of Belgium. She was occupied by the germans in 1914 and 1940.

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The petrol harbor - The esso raffinary ( raffinaderij ).

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a total area: 14,055ha
largest general cargo port in Europe
eight largest container port in the world
the port provides work for about 57,200 people
Antwerp has the largest dock in the world, the 'Berendrecht' lock
overall storage and handling space: 1,200 ha

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The steam ship ( ss ) Buenos Aires been loaded

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The new harbor is situated further north of the city, between Antwerp and the border with Holland. The importance of the Harbor in the Second World War (for bringing in allied military equipment) brought with it that Antwerp was severely hit by V1 and V2 rocket bombs, sent by the Nazis in the last years of the war to handicap the Allied troops by bombing one of the most important harbors.
Since the 1950's the use of containers has grown steadily. Antwerp is now the eight largest container port in the world. A guided visit of the harbor can show how omnipresent the metal boxes have become.

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America dock panorama

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The Scheldt river owes its existence to God, and Antwerp owes its existence to the Scheldt river' is a popular saying that shows how important the river Scheldt is for the city of Antwerp. Thanks to this waterway Antwerp has become the second-largest harbor in Europe (after Rotterdam), and the fourth largest harbor in the world.
Although the open North Sea is about 60 km away from Antwerp, the river is so large that sea-going vessels and large oil tankers can sail to deliver their products in the vast port area of the city.Until the 19th century, the harbor was situated right at the entrance of the city, alongside the riverbanks where now the 'Steen' -castle stands. The port was enlarged in the 19th century with an artificial dock, the so-called Napoleon Dock. During the French occupation of Belgium, Napoleon wanted to turn the Antwerp Harbor into a military port, from where he could attack England in case of war.

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