Exit Coens through big gate with +14% traffic Zeebrugge 2019 (+ video)

While waiting for the final statistics on Friday 17 January, port administrators lifted a tip of the hat at the Zeebrugge port community’s New Year meeting (see also photo 2). According to managing director ad interim Rik Goetinck, total traffic had increased by 12% in 2019, his predecessor Joachim Coens dropped the figure 14%. Within this fork, on top of 2018’s 40.1 million tonnes, that means an increase of between 4.8 and 5.6 million tonnes, to a total between 44.9 and 45.7 million tonnes.