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The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea. The port is located in the municipality of Bruges , West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium , handling over 50 million tonnes of cargo annually.
The harbour was the site of the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918, when the British Royal Navy temporarily put the German inland naval base at Bruges out of action. [6] Admiral Roger Keyes planned and led the raid that stormed the German batteries and sank three old warships at the entrance to the canal leading to the inland port.
The Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. The British intended to sink obsolete ships in the canal entrance, to prevent German vessels from leaving port.
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The need to adjust the ship's bow trim to use the port facilities at Zeebrugge and failure to readjust before departure was another factor in the capsizing. [20] In October 1983, Herald of Free Enterprise ' s sister ship Pride of Free Enterprise had sailed from Dover to Zeebrugge with the bow doors open, after her assistant boatswain fell ...
Roll-on/roll-off: P&O Ferries operates eight sailings to Rotterdam and six to Zeebrugge per week. An extension of 23 hectares (57 acres) allows the import of 100,000 cars by Renault, while General Motors sub-leases 5 hectares (12 acres)
(Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Tuesday it would lay off about 4% of its workforce or less than 100 employees in a bid to cut costs, as the storied newspaper grapples with growing losses.
FOB Zeebrugge is a former International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Forward Operating Base (FOB) initially operated by the British Army and the Royal Marines under Operation Herrick (OP H) before being transferred to the United States Marine Corps and located in Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.