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Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Anvers, Belgium51.26°N 4.40°E
computed criticality28/100
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278 Mt; Europe's largest chemical hub (2024)
2024Fault line
Europe's second container port and its largest integrated chemical cluster packs crackers, storage and pipelines into a few square kilometres. A disruption hits both transatlantic freight and Europe's supply of plastics and chemical intermediates.
Actors
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
BASF Antwerpen
Ineos, Covestro
PSA, DP World terminals
Sources
Lloyd's List, 2025 ↗estimate