Key figures 2022


An overview of the most important figures for 2022 is listed here.
You can find the complete annual report for 2022 here (only in Dutch).

MLSO key indicators: Concessions in 2022

Ground leasing-concessions ratio (in m2). A few new concessions were awarded in recent years.

Verhouding_concessies_erfpacht/ Ground leasing-concessions ratio

MLSO key indicators: directly employed at the port on the left bank of the Scheldt in 2022

At the end of 2022, the port on the left bank of the Scheldt – according to the annual survey – employed 22,086 FTEs (full-time equivalents, direct employment). 6,930 FTEs work in Zwijndrecht. 15,156 FTEs work in Beveren. The number reaches 27,828 people when contractors are included. We consider the group of contractors to be ‘indirectly employed’. Other forms of indirect employment include transporters, suppliers, security officers, gardeners, catering staff, and so on.

To estimate the number of the indirectly employed at the Port of Antwerp, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) calculated with a factor of direct employment x 1.26 (latest available factor is for balance sheet figures for 2020). With this as a basis, the estimated total employment at the port on the left bank of the Scheldt will increase from 47,931 FTE in 2021 to 49,913 FTE in 2022.

Directe tewerkstelling (vte) / Direct employment (FTE)

Left bank - shipping traffic figures in 2022

Left bank: number of seagoing vessels in 2022.
Ratio of the Scheldt quays (left bank) - left bank behind the locks - Deurganckdok (dock)

Aantal_zeeschepen_aankomst Waaslandhaven / Number of seagoing vessels (left bank of the Scheldt)

Left bank - inland shipping traffic figures in 2022

Left bank: inland shipping in 2022.
Ratio of the Scheldt quays (left bank) - left bank behind the locks - Deurganckdok (dock)

Binnenvaart Linkeroever: haveninterne reizen (ton) / Left bank inland shipping: port internal traffic (tonnes)

Left bank – freight traffic in 2022

Evolutie maritieme trafiek LSO (miljoen ton) / Evolution of Maritime traffic in the left bank (million tonnes)

Goederen per dok (Waaslandhaven) / Goods per dock (left bank)

Goederen per soort (Waaslandhaven) / Goods per type (left bank)

Totaal goederen volume in ton (Waaslandhaven) / Total good by volume in tonnes (left bank)

Maritieme goederen (in ton) door sluizen linker-Scheldeoever en totaal / Maritime goods (in tonnes) via left bank locks and total

Zeegoederenvolume per aard (Waaslandhaven) / Seagoing goods volume per type (left bank)

Procentueel verloop goederen per aard (Waaslandhaven) / Percentage of mouvement of goods per type (left bank)

Verdeling maritieme trafiek vaargebied bestemming / Distribution of left bank maritime traffic to shipping area of destination

Verdeling maritieme trafiek vaargebied oorsprong / Distribution of left bank maritime traffic to shipping area of origin

Trafiek Waaslandhaven per goederensoort (ton) / left bank: traffic per goods type (tonnes)

Maritieme trafiek Waaslandhaven volgens aard van de goederen (in ton) / left bank: maritime traffic according to type of goods (tonnes)

Additional container handling capacity for the port

Mobility Economics

The Port of Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe with respect to the handling of containers. And, the number of containers continues to grow each year. An additional handling capacity of 7.1...

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