A weekly Seatrade service with South and Central America set up by Vlissingen-based Continental Stevedoring Company (CSC) means the company can expect to handle some 750 million bananas a year.

As a result, throughput in the Zeeland ports is set to increase by around 100,000 tonnes.

Meanwhile, APM Terminals has announced that it is building a new container terminal at Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam.