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PRESS RELEASE Liège, February 2, 2026 The Port of Liège confirms its role as a river-sea port thanks to the extension of SOMEF's ISPS certification With annual traffic of around 16 million tons, the Port of Liège is the third largest river port in Europe and the only port in Wallonia with the sta...

Liege POrt Authority welcomes Liege Airport's initiative to further decarbonise its logistics activities by increasing the use of river transport for kerosene shipments.

Belgian seaports and inland ports, including the Autonomous Port of Liège,
launch the ‘Port 2 Port Security’ platform for integrated port security

Ports and logistics resilience: a central role for the future of Europe

The Port of Liège is participating in the Transport & Logistics trade fair in Antwerp (Stand 4158)

Conference on Multimodality in Belgium on 4 June 2025 - 9h30 -
Munich T& L Hall B3 - 1st Floor - Conference Room B32

Raising bridges on the Albert Canal - a strategic challenge! The bridges at Lixhe, Haccourt and Hermalle will be raised to allow the passage of ships carrying four layers of containers, and improvements are also planned for the bridge at Lanaye. This modernisation will facilitate access to the Li...

As part of its commitment to modernising its port infrastructure and promoting the energy transition, the Liege Port Authority has replaced the old lighting on the Liege Yacht Port jetty with an LED lighting system.

Liège Trilogiport welcome its first Chinese train ! The railway link of the Liège Trilogiport’s multi-modal platform is fully operational, connecting the site to the global railway network! As a result, Liège Trilogiport was able to welcome the first train...

On 12 October 2018, EFIP members gathered in Liège (Belgium) for their annual Executive Committee meeting. The meeting was hosted by Liège Port Authority, the 1st Belgian inland port and the 3rd inland port in Europe for total throughput.

2015 is a year of performance for the Liège Port Authority which achieved highly positive results and confirms the relevance of its strategic options and its successful reconversion

Due to the installation of a new bridge accross the river Meuse, navigation will be forbidden between the Fragnée bridge and the Milsaucy bridge, at the entrance of the Albert canal, and this from friday 31 july 12h00 till monday 3 august 12h00.

2013 a bumper year for the Liège Port Authority, with turnover rising by 13% in the wake of a successful reconversion

After previous issues in Duisburg, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, Marseille, Barcelona and Strasbourg the 8th ‘Inland Terminals’ Conference now moves to Liege, Belgium. The Port of Liege is Europe’s 3rd largest inland port, and in view of its close cooperation with the deep sea ports of Antwerp and Rott

6th SMART Rivers International Conference to take place in outstanding double location setting from 23 to 27 September 2013 The 2013 edition of the 'Strategic Maritime Asset Research and Transformation Rivers Conference for 21st Century Rivers Systems', in short SMART Rivers Conference, will...

Development work on the Liège Trilogiport multimodal platform, one of the 32 port areas managed by Liège Port Authority and located along the Albert Canal in Her- malle-sous-Argenteau, will start on 28 June 2013.

Development work on the Liège Trilogiport multimodal platform, one of the 32 port areas managed by Liège Port Authority and located along the Albert Canal in Her- malle-sous-Argenteau, will start on 28 June 2013.

Selon l’étude annuelle de la Banque Nationale de Belgique analysant l’année 2011, le complexe portuaire liégeois est créateur de valeur ajoutée. Elle est estimée à 2.921,7 millions d’euros par an. Ceci représente 3,3 % du PIB de la Wallonie et 0,8 % du PIB de la Belgique.

Malgré une période de conjoncture économique difficile, le tonnage de marchandises manutentionné par les entreprises situées sur les terrains du Port autonome de Liège se maintient en affichant un trafic global (eau-rail-route) de 19.307.453 tonnes.

Le 21 juin 1937 est officiellement créé, sous le nom de Port autonome de Liège, un établissement public de l’Etat,chargé de gérer les diverses installations portuaires publiques de la région liégeoise utilisées par la navigation de commerce. Il célèbre cette année son septante-cinquième anniversaire