Antwerp: Boxes back up to 2008 levels

Antwerp: Boxes back up to 2008 levels    The port of Antwerp handled more than 132 million tons of freight in the first nine months of 2010, 13 percent more than in the same 2009 period.
   The port authority said if the present trend continues, it expects to close 2010 with a volume of 175 million tons.
   Container volume in Antwerp was 6.3 million TEUs, up 17 percent. The port said this brings the container volume back to the level of 2008, the port's best year ever.