Cargo? Bring it on.

Still sailing past our port? Once you’ve seen what we have to offer, you’ll want to get on board with our advantages. Let’s talk.

Shorter sailing time

Thanks to our location, your cargo reaches the hinterland faster. Meaning lower costs and quicker deliveries. And that’s pretty neat.

Picture of a bulk carrier at the Stukwerkers terminal in North Sea Port’s Ghent sub-area.

Like clockwork

With smart, cutting-edge terminals, everything runs like clockwork. Your cargo moves through our port with Swiss precision, smoothly on to its final destination.

Congestion-free

Stuck in traffic? Not on our watch. We’re proudly congestion-free. With direct, multimodal connections to the hinterland, your cargo keeps moving. Always.

Personal touch

You’ve got our number, we know your name. Short lines instead of call menus. We’ll connect you with someone who knows you - and your cargo - and truly helps.

Together. Smarter.

We actively facilitate logistics and industrial collaborations. The result? More efficiency, surprising innovations and new opportunities for growth.

01 06

Let’s talk cargo

Whatever your cargo, we’re shipshape and prepared at North Sea Port. Smart, efficient and well-connected; we’ll handle your cargo with unmatched expertise. Dive deeper!

  • With 10 million tonnes of breakbulk and project cargo – even without roro – we’re Europe’s #1 breakbulk port. We offer a wide choice of specialised logistics providers who treat your cargo with the care it needs.

    Picture of a Van Hoorebeke Timber employee in North Sea Port’s Ghent sub-area.
  • Agricultural products, salt, sugar, iron ore, fertilisers, solid fuels, ferroalloys, construction materials and more – 55% of all seaborne cargo in our port area is dry bulk!

    Picture of a Verbrugge employee in the seed warehouses in North Sea Port’s Vlissingen sub-area.
  • 23% of our seaborne cargo consists of liquid or wet bulk. With extensive storage and added services like production, tolling, blending and transport, we offer significant added value.

    Picture of storage tanks at Vesta Terminals in North Sea Port’s Vlissingen sub-area.
  • A growing trend – worldwide and in our port. We are fully committed to container transport by inland shipping. We actively encourage bundling to move cargo as efficiently and sustainably as possible.

    Picture of a container crane at DFDS in North Sea Port’s Ghent sub-area.
  • Roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) is fast, flexible and efficient – accounting for 6% of our seaborne cargo. Our modern terminals ensure smooth handling of all types of vehicles, trailers, machinery and other rolling equipment. 

    Picture of cars at the DFDS roro terminal in North Sea Port’s Ghent sub-area.

Cargo by the numbers

4.5 million m³ of liquid bulk storage – and counting!
5 million m³ of storage capacity for liquid bulk – that’s the goal.
9.7 million tonnes of seaborne breakbulk cargo.
2.2 million tonnes of agribulk storage capacity at our quaysides.
17 metre-deep seaport and a canal depth of 12.5 metres.
128.5 million tonnes of cargo shipped in total.
61.5 million tonnes handled via inland shipping.

Smart and precise

Interface Terminal Ghent delivers both precision and power. Perfectly positioned at the Kluizendok, fully automated and multimodally connected. Containers go straight from vessel to train – digitally tracked in real time, sustainable and without traffic delays.

Value-added terminal services

Our terminals are true one-stop shops: packaging, filling, labelling and more. Local border control posts, cleaning and inspection services? It’s all on deck.

Made-to-measure services

In our state-of-the-art terminals, customisation gets a whole new meaning. (Re)packing, filling, labelling, drying, screening, washing – we do it all, fast & smart.

Border control posts (BCPs)

Our BCPs allow you to you handle customs and border formalities directly on site — speeding up your logistics and increasing the reliability of your deliveries.

Company directory

550+ companies in our port means there is a partner for your cargo that offers the added value you need. Dive into our company directory and find your match!

Cleaning & inspection

Right next to our terminals, specialised cleaning and inspection companies ensure clean tanks, inspected cargoes and certified processes.

Why don’t you dock with us!

Curious about the possibilities? Thinking along with you is what we do best.