THE problem of the Scheldt was first posed when the Dutch, successful in their long struggle with their Spanish master, gained not merely the recognition of their independence but the right to close ...

Shipping has resumed on the Scheldt River after an oil spill disrupted operations at Belgium's Port of Antwerp, authorities said on Friday, although the Deurganck Dock remains closed as of 1:30 p.m.

Shipping traffic around Belgium's Port of Antwerp has been partially halted because of an oil spill that has spread from one of the port's docks into the river Scheldt.Antwerp harbour typically ...

Shortly after the inauguration of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959, and the growth of grain exports that followed, bulk shipper Fednav realized that incoming steel products offered ideal ...

The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ...

THE HAGUE, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A container ship from Belgium's Antwerp to Germany's Hamburg ran aground on the Western Scheldt near the village of Bath, southwest of the Netherlands, Safety Region ...

In September 1944 the port of Antwerp was captured by the Allies intact as the Germans retreated north, approximately 30 kilometres, to the Dutch border. To the east of Antwerp the Germans continued ...