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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jon Henley

Tractor blockade disrupts operations at Belgian port of Antwerp

Farmers take their tractors to the streets for a protest action near the port of Antwerp.
Farmers take their tractors to the streets for a protest action near the port of Antwerp. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

A tractor blockade has seriously disrupted operations at the Belgian port of Antwerp, Europe’s second largest, authorities said, as angry farmers continued their protests in half a dozen European countries.

“No freight can be delivered or picked up, as trucks are halted, while employees are only being allowed in after a long wait,” said Stephan Vanfraechem, the director of the association of port operators Alfaport.

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