Port of Liège

Port of Liège

Albert Canal and dock at the port entrance, 2007
Location
Country Belgium
Location Liège
Coordinates 50°39′36″N 5°38′10″E / 50.66°N 5.636°E / 50.66; 5.636
Details
Opened 1937 (Albert Canal)
Land area 370 ha (910 acres)
Chief Executive Officer Emile-Louis Bertrand[1]
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage Increase 13.537 million tonnes (2014)[2]
Annual container volume Increase 31,939 TEU (2014)[2]
Annual revenue Increase 3.735 million (2014)[2]
Website
www.portdeliege.be

The Port of Liège is a Belgian inland port in Liège at the Meuse river and at the Albert Canal in the heart of Europe. Liège is the third largest inland port in Europe after Duisburg and Paris. It also has direct links to Antwerp and Rotterdam via its canals. Stretching over a distance of 26 kilometers and comprising 32 port areas, it covers 3.7 square kilometers.

References

  1. Liege Port Authority, Organigram, 2015-12-12
  2. 1 2 3 Liege Port Authority, Annual statistics, 2015-03-03 (direct link)


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