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Ghent Port — Belgium

Data refreshed 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z · quarterly refresh cycle

Ghent, Belgium is a SIP-class port in Belgium, tracked by IMF PortWatch with 11,047 vessels at last extraction.

11,047 vessels tracked on the day of extraction

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org).

Vessel composition by class

Shares below cover vessels with a reported class; the total also includes vessels without one.

Container: 178

Dry bulk: 460

General cargo: 4,605

RoRo: 268

Tanker: 5,535

Share of Belgium maritime trade

Maritime imports: 9.51%

Maritime exports: 6.06%

Top industries served

Petroleum, Chemical and Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Mining and Quarrying
Food & Beverages

Port record

Coordinates	51.1303N, 3.7669E
Port class	SIP
Continent	Europe

Nearby high-activity ports in Belgium

Antwerp · 42,744 Zeebrugge · 4,786

Data provenance

Source query: https://services9.arcgis.com/weJ1QsnbMYJlCHdG/arcgis/rest/services/PortWatch_ports/FeatureServer/1/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=%2A&f=json

Extracted 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z; field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer (geometry omitted). Field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer; point geometry dropped, lat/long kept as attributes.

Port data — Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). Reused under the IMF Copyright & Usage terms. Fields subsetted (geometry omitted); see our data sources note. The IMF is not affiliated with and does not endorse ExportSonar.