The key Belgian port of Antwerp has recorded a 2.7% annual rise in cargo volumes.
The port authority said it handled 214.05m tonnes of freight last year.
Containership business prospered, with cargoes increasing 4.1% to 117.9 tonnes.
In teu terms, this was 10.03m teu, breaking the 10m teu barrier for the first time.
But conventional breakbulk volumes dropped 2% and dry bulk was down 9.1% at 12.55m tonnes.
Ro-ro cargo fell 1.8% to 4.56m tonnes, while the number of cars decreased 2.8% to 1.18m.
Liquid bulk volumes were up 3.8% to 69.22m tonnes.
But within that segment, crude imports and exports were down 17.4% at 3.97m tonnes.
A total of 14,473 vessels called at the port during 2016, 0.4% more than 2015.
