Short sea shipping

Port of Antwerp-Bruges offers weekly fixed short sea and feeder services from and to 200 destinations in Europe, North Africa and the United Kingdom. This is the perfect addition to the 300 liner services that connect Port of Antwerp-Bruges with some 1300 deepsea destinations worldwide.

Sustainable, fast and cost-efficient

The extensive network of frequent short sea and feeder connections from Antwerp and Zeebrugge ensures rapid transit times. Short sea shipping offers a larger transport capacity than road transport, thereby reducing the costs per unit load. Via Port of Antwerp-Bruges, ships load or unload their short sea cargo closer to the major European centres of consumption and production.

Short sea is duurzaam, snel en kostenefficiënt

Short sea connection from or to Zeebrugge

Use our Plan your route tool to discover all short sea connections to or from Zeebrugge.

Hub for the United Kingdom

Port of Antwerp-Bruges, and in particular Zeebrugge, is a hub for United Kingdom traffic: every week more than 70 scheduled services connect Antwerp and Zeebrugge with various regions in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This allows us to offer tailor-made solutions for just-in-time provisioning to the British markets. 

 

That means goods will reliably reach their final destination right on time. Short sea shipping to the United Kingdom is also the perfect solution to Brexit!

Port of Antwerp-Bruges, en in het bijzonder Zeebrugge is een hub voor trafiek met het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Wekelijks verbinden meer dan zeventig lijndiensten Antwerpen en Zeebrugge met verschillende regio’s in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Ierland.

Focus on unaccompanied freight

Only 2% of RORO traffic is accompanied, i.e. the driver travels with the cargo. The advantage of unaccompanied shipping is that there are far fewer additional administrative formalities. 

Port of Antwerp-Bruges, en in het bijzonder Zeebrugge, is een hub voor trafiek met het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Wekelijks verbinden meer dan zeventig lijndiensten Antwerpen en Zeebrugge met verschillende regio’s in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Ierland.

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Brochure Supply Chain

26/3/2024
To stand out from the competition on the world market, companies must be able to call on the best possible supply chain to get cargo to its final destination.
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A product sheet with all rail, barge and shortsea connections from Antwerp and Zeebrugge. (Only in English)

Overview of all inland waterway, rail and short sea connections

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A product sheet with all rail, barge and shortsea connections from Antwerp and Zeebrugge. (Only in English)
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