{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Ghent","identifier":"BE GNE","unlocode":"BE GNE","city":null,"country":"Belgium","waterBody":"North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Canal or Lake","channelDepthMeters":11,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":51.066667,"longitude":3.733333},"description":"ArcelorMittal Gent sets much of the tone here, shipping slabs and steel coils from its own breakbulk quays, within a cross-border port group that handled about 66 million tonnes of seaborne cargo in 2024. Ghent reaches the North Sea through the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal and, since 2018, forms part of North Sea Port. Dry bulk dominates at roughly 55% of seaborne cargo and liquid bulk around 22%, while the group ranks among Europe's leading handlers of breakbulk and project cargo. Other terminals cove","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ghent-port-be-gne","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/ghent-port-be-gne","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ghent · (UN/LOCODE: BE GNE) · Belgium · Medium · 11 m"}