13 Oct 2025 / Belgium

Impact of national strike on maritime traffic

Maritime traffic – including inland navigation – to and from Antwerp will be suspended from 19.30 hours local time today (13 October) until 07.30 on Wednesday 15 October, due to reduced staffing levels at the Zandvliet Traffic Control Centre because of the national strike scheduled for tomorrow.

Further, pilots at Belgian ports are still only providing services during daytime, as from 09:00 till 17:00 as part of their ongoing industrial action.

At present, 129 vessels are waiting: 36 to depart Antwerp; 5 to depart Zeebrugge; 4 to depart Ghent; and 84 in the North Sea (64 bound for Antwerp, 8 for Zeebrugge, and 12 for Ghent). Ten vessels are currently underway to/from the ports, each with a Flemish or Dutch pilot on board.

For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Belgium, contact GAC Belgium at [email protected]

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

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