Seagoing access to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges has come to a near halt as pilotage and traffic control personnel joined Belgium’s three-day national strike, significantly disrupting maritime traffic across the country.
The port said the stoppage has created large queues of vessels both offshore and inland, adding pressure to European supply chains.
According to the port authority, the Wandelaar pilot dispatch station was closed from the evening of 24 November and is expected to remain shut until 07:30 on 26 November. This closure has blocked one of the port’s main seagoing access routes.
The LKN route is still open, but its use is restricted due to a pilot launch strike in Vlissingen, where Flemish pilot transfers were suspended from 12:30 to 19:30 on 24 November.
Zeebrugge’s Traffic Control Centre also stopped operations at 19:30 on 24 November, forcing Antwerp to suspend all seagoing movements through the Wandelaar channel. By that evening,
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