Transport & Logistics Antwerp 2027

Attendees, exhibitors & solutions

Who this event is for

New this edition

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  The 2025 Antwerp edition marked the show's 15th anniversary and was reported by trade media as a record-breaking edition.

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  The Antwerp show week includes AntwerpXL's breakbulk, heavy-lift and project-cargo exhibitors and programme alongside the general transport and logistics fair.

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  AntwerpXL promotes a dedicated breakbulk exhibitor base and content stream, reflecting the Port of Antwerp's project-cargo cluster.

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Glossary

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Breakbulk

Non-containerised cargo - steel coils, timber, bagged goods, machinery - loaded piece by piece or in bundles rather than in a box. It is the core cargo family at Transport & Logistics Antwerp and at its co-located AntwerpXL breakbulk programme, and it drives the handling equipment, lashing and stevedoring services on the floor.

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Project cargo

Oversized or indivisible components such as turbines, transformers, reactors and plant modules moved as a single shipment. Project cargo buyers at the show compare heavy-lift shipping, barge and road transport, port storage and route engineering, so conversations usually start with dimensions, weights and lifting plans.

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MPP (multi-purpose vessel)

A general cargo ship with box-shaped holds, heavy-lift cranes and tween decks, able to carry breakbulk, project units and containers on the same voyage. Regulatory and design questions for heavy-lift MPPs are covered in the co-located AntwerpXL session track.

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Heavy lift

Moving loads beyond standard crane or trailer capacity, using gantry systems, SPMTs, floating cranes or specialised vessels. At Antwerp Expo this segment is represented by heavy-lift shipping lines, crane and trailer operators, and the engineers who plan lift studies.

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RoRo

Roll-on/roll-off handling, where wheeled cargo - trucks, trailers, wheeled plant - is driven or towed on and off a vessel via ramps. RoRo terminal operators and short-sea carriers serving Antwerp and Zeebrugge use the show to meet shippers of vehicles and rolling equipment.

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Freight forwarder

An intermediary that books carrier capacity for shippers and coordinates customs, documentation, insurance and inland legs. Forwarders are one of the largest visitor groups in Antwerp, and they typically walk the halls looking for carrier capacity, port handling partners and digital booking tools.

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Customs broker / customs agent

A licensed specialist that files import and export declarations and resolves classification and duty questions. Since Belgian and EU customs formalities run through electronic systems, brokers at the show pair declaration services with bonded warehousing and Brexit-related transit know-how.

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3PL and 4PL

Third-party logistics providers run warehousing and transport for shippers; fourth-party providers orchestrate multiple 3PLs under one contract and one visibility layer. Both appear in Antwerp as buyers of warehouse automation, transport management software and port-based distribution space.

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Bill of lading

The transport document that acts as receipt, contract of carriage and, in negotiable form, title to the goods. Documentation sessions and software exhibitors at the show deal with electronic bills of lading, switch bills and the letter-of-credit checks that go with them.

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Incoterms

ICC standard trade terms (FOB, CIF, DAP, DDP and others) that fix where cost, risk and customs responsibility pass between seller and buyer. They come up constantly in breakbulk and project contracts, because the chosen term decides who arranges the heavy-lift vessel, the barge leg and the port handling.

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Hinterland connectivity

The inland network - barge, rail and road - that links a seaport to its customer base. For Antwerp it means barge corridors to the Rhine and Scheldt basin, rail shuttles to Germany and Italy, and road transport into France and the Netherlands, all recurring themes among the show's logistics providers.

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Port community system

A shared digital platform through which terminals, forwarders, agents and customs exchange cargo status and documentation. Belgian port users rely on electronic pre-arrival and release messages, so software exhibitors at the event usually demonstrate how their tools connect to these community systems.