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38 million tonnes of goods unloaded in Belgian ports in the third quarter of 2022

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38 million tonnes of goods unloaded in Belgian ports in the third quarter of 2022

In the third quarter of 2022, the total quantity of goods unloaded in Belgian sea ports amounted to 38 million tonnes. This is a decrease of 10.5 % compared to the previous quarter but an increase of 2.3 % compared to the same quarter of 2021.

The quantity of loaded goods fell by 6.1% compared with the second quarter of 2022 and by 4.3% on an annual basis to 31.6 million tonnes.

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Sea transport (2021-2022)

Sea transport (2021-2022) 2021-T1 2021-T2 2021-T3 2021-T4 2022-T1 2022-T2 2022-T3
Arriving ships (a) 6,031 6,313 6,076 6,189 5,659 5,905 5,849
Departing ships (a) 5,999 6,303 6,095 6,155 5,677 5,923 5,851
Cargo loaded (x 1,000 t) 34,093 34,816 33,077 34,336 33,268 33,688 31,645
Cargo unloaded (x 1,000 t) 36,758 39,771 37,178 38,799 39,723 42,442 37,988
Disembarked passengers (x 1,000)(b) 149 265 1,631 487 331 468 579
Embarked passengers (x 1,000)(b) 165 306 1,815 655 411 414 557
(a) Including extra-Community transit.
(b) Excluding cruise passengers
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)
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Sea transport (1997-2021)

Sea transport (1997-2021) 1997 2007 2010 2015 2019 2020 2021
Arriving ships (a) 32,248 34,043 28,812 24,806 25,726 23,679 24,609
Departing ships (a) 30,291 35,080 29,640 25,770 26,484 24,006 24,552
Cargo loaded (x 1,000 t) 61,856 102,365 100,794 112,468 125,914 126,387 136,321
Cargo unloaded (x 1,000 t) 100,208 134,327 125,561 128,715 151,868 142,288 152,506
Disembarked passengers (x 1,000)(b) 925 378 300 177 155 19 40
Embarked passengers (x 1,000)(b) 1,021 381 310 176 156 21 40
(a) Including extra-Community transit.
(b) Excluding cruise passengers
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)
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De zeevaartstatistieken geven een beeld van de evolutie van het aantal zeeschepen, de tonnenmaat en het scheepstype, het aantal en gewicht van de goederen, het vrachttype, het continent van lading of lossing, het aantal passagiers…

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